§ 3506. — Service of papers filed in opposition to official request by United States to foreign government for criminal evidence.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3506]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 223--WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE
Sec. 3506. Service of papers filed in opposition to official
request by United States to foreign government for criminal
evidence
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any
national or resident of the United States who submits, or causes to be
submitted, a pleading or other document to a court or other authority in
a foreign country in opposition to an official request for evidence of
an offense shall serve such pleading or other document on the Attorney
General at the time such pleading or other document is submitted.
(b) Any person who is a party to a criminal proceeding in a court of
the United States who submits, or causes to be submitted, a pleading or
other document to a court or other authority in a foreign country in
opposition to an official request for evidence of an offense that is a
subject of such proceeding shall serve such pleading or other document
on the appropriate attorney for the Government, pursuant to the Federal
Rules of Criminal Procedure, at the time such pleading or other document
is submitted.
(c) As used in this section, the term ``official request'' means a
letter rogatory, a request under a treaty or convention, or any other
request for evidence made by a court of the United States or an
authority of the United States having criminal law enforcement
responsibility, to a court or other authority of a foreign country.
(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1217(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat.
2166.)
Effective Date
Section effective 30 days after Oct. 12, 1984, see section 1220 of
Pub. L. 98-473, set out as a note under section 3505 of this title.
