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authority type
rule
jurisdiction
federal_nationwide
publication status
official_current_rules
precedential status
binding_rule
subsequent history
Official source reviewed through 2026-08-25.
negative treatment status
Official primary sources checked through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
material limitations
Use only for the bounded propositions and open questions stated in the linked canonical module.

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Linked modules

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 3–9 and 18

Propositions supported

The current rules govern complaints, arrest warrants and summonses, initial appearance and interdistrict identity findings, preliminary hearings, grand juries, indictments, informations, waiver of indictment, joinder, process after charging, and the ordinary federal venue rule.

Material limitations

The rules do not decide case-specific probable cause, indictment sufficiency, superseding-indictment timeliness, grand-jury disclosure, or offense-specific venue. The official PDF is dated December 1, 2025; the Judiciary's current-rules page reports no later effective Criminal Rule amendment.

Official source

https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf