18 USC § 3484 - Subpoenas—(Rule)
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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3484"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 3484 - Subpoenas—(Rule)"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3484"
section_name: "Subpoenas—(Rule)"
chapter_number: 223
chapter_name: "WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE"
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. 833.)"
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# § 3484. Subpoenas—(Rule)
### See Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Form, contents and issuance of subpoena, Rule 17(a).
Service in United States, Rule 17(d), (e,1).
Service in foreign country, Rule 17(d), (e,2).
Indigent defendants, Rule 17(b).
On taking depositions, Rule 17(f).
Papers and documents, Rule 17(c).
Disobedience of subpoena as contempt of court, Rule 17(g).
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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 833.)