---
title: "Current Federal Criminal Pretrial-Motion Rules"
citation: "Fed. R. Crim. P. 12, 12.2, 14, 41, 47, 51, 52"
authority_id: "AUTH-FRCRIM-P-12-14-41-47-51-52"
authority_type: "rule"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding_rule"
official_url: "https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-FRCRIM-P-12-14-41-47-51-52/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Current Federal Criminal Pretrial-Motion Rules

## Propositions supported

Required pretrial motions, deadlines, rulings, suppression hearings, mental-condition notice, severance, search-warrant motions, motion form, preservation, and error classification.

## Material limitations

Local deadlines, particular constitutional merits, and circuit applications require separate authority. The current-rules page states the Criminal Rules were last amended in 2023.

## Official source and pinpoints

Rules 12, 12.2, 14, 41, 47, 51, and 52: <https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf>


## Used in

- [Suppression, Severance, and Pretrial Evidentiary Motions](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/20-pretrial/suppression-severance-and-pretrial-motions.md)
- [Competency, Insanity Procedure, and Speedy Trial](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/20-pretrial/competency-insanity-and-speedy-trial.md)