---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptII/ch223"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 223"
heading: "Witnesses and Evidence"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptII-ch223"
sections_count: 33
---

# Chapter 223 — Witnesses and Evidence

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part II — Criminal Procedure

## Sections

- [§3481. Competency of accused](/usc/18/3481.md)
- [§3482. Evidence and witnesses—(Rule)](/usc/18/3482.md)
- [§3483. Indigent defendants, process to produce evidence—(Rule)](/usc/18/3483.md)
- [§3484. Subpoenas—(Rule)](/usc/18/3484.md)
- [§3485. Expert witnesses—(Rule)](/usc/18/3485.md)
- [§3486. Administrative subpoenas](/usc/18/3486.md)
- [§3486A. Repealed.](/usc/18/3486A.md)
- [§3487. Refusal to pay as evidence of embezzlement](/usc/18/3487.md)
- [§3488. Intoxicating liquor in Indian country as evidence of unlawful introduction](/usc/18/3488.md)
- [§3489. Discovery and inspection—(Rule)](/usc/18/3489.md)
- [§3490. Official record or entry—(Rule)](/usc/18/3490.md)
- [§3491. Foreign documents](/usc/18/3491.md)
- [§3492. Commission to consular officers to authenticate foreign documents](/usc/18/3492.md)
- [§3493. Deposition to authenticate foreign documents](/usc/18/3493.md)
- [§3494. Certification of genuineness of foreign document](/usc/18/3494.md)
- [§3495. Fees and expenses of consuls, counsel, interpreters and witnesses](/usc/18/3495.md)
- [§3496. Regulations by President as to commissions, fees of witnesses, counsel and interpreters](/usc/18/3496.md)
- [§3497. Account as evidence of embezzlement](/usc/18/3497.md)
- [§3498. Depositions—(Rule)](/usc/18/3498.md)
- [§3499. Contempt of court by witness—(Rule)](/usc/18/3499.md)
- [§3500. Demands for production of statements and reports of witnesses](/usc/18/3500.md)
- [§3501. Admissibility of confessions](/usc/18/3501.md)
- [§3502. Admissibility in evidence of eye witness testimony](/usc/18/3502.md)
- [§3503. Repealed.](/usc/18/3503.md)
- [§3504. Litigation concerning sources of evidence](/usc/18/3504.md)
- [§3505. Foreign records of regularly conducted ac­tivity](/usc/18/3505.md)
- [§3506. Service of papers filed in opposition to official request by United States to foreign government for criminal evidence](/usc/18/3506.md)
- [§3507. Special master at foreign deposition](/usc/18/3507.md)
- [§3508. Custody and return of foreign witnesses](/usc/18/3508.md)
- [§3509. Child victims’ and child witnesses’ rights](/usc/18/3509.md)
- [§3510. Rights of victims to attend and observe trial](/usc/18/3510.md)
- [§3511. Judicial review of requests for information](/usc/18/3511.md)
- [§3512. Foreign requests for assistance in criminal investigations and prosecutions](/usc/18/3512.md)