--- title: "Demands for Production of Statements and Reports of Witnesses" citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3500" authority_id: "AUTH-USC-18-3500" authority_type: "statute" jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide" precedential_status: "binding_enacted_positive_law_title" official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/3500" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-USC-18-3500/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # 18 U.S.C. § 3500 — Witness Statements ## Propositions supported Section 3500 supplies the Jencks Act timing trigger, production motion, relation-to-testimony limit, in camera redaction procedure, refusal sanction, and statutory definition of a witness statement. ## Material limitations The statute addresses government-witness statements in federal criminal prosecutions. It does not displace an independent constitutional disclosure duty, and Rule 26.2 has reciprocal and proceeding-specific coverage beyond the statute's trial formulation. ## Official source and pinpoints 18 U.S.C. § 3500(a)–(e): ## Used in - [Arraignment and Pretrial Disclosure](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/20-pretrial/arraignment-and-pretrial-disclosure.md)