18 USC § 3046 - Warrant or summons—(Rule)
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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3046"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 3046 - Warrant or summons—(Rule)"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3046"
section_name: "Warrant or summons—(Rule)"
chapter_number: 203
chapter_name: "ARREST AND COMMITMENT"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 816.)"
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# § 3046. Warrant or summons—(Rule)
### See Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Issuance upon complaint, Rule 4.
Issuance upon indictment, Rule 9.
Summons on request of government; form; contents; service; return, Rules 4, 9.
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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 816.)