{"id":4752,"date":"2017-08-11T17:58:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T17:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4752"},"modified":"2018-02-14T17:02:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:02:14","slug":"rule-3-the-complaint","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4752","title":{"rendered":"Rule 3. The Complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This page is continued from<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">***********************<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Transcript:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The complaint is a written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged. \u00a0Except as provided in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=4757\">Rule 4.1<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, it must be made under oath before a magistrate judge or, if none is reasonably available, before a state or local judicial officer. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[1]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Official Complaint Form<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300; font-size: 14pt;\">from UScourts.gov:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/forms\/law-enforcement-grand-jury-and-prosecution-forms\/criminal-complaint\">Download Form\u00a0AO91<br \/>\n&#8220;The Criminal Complaint&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***********************************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Go to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=4754\">Rule 4\u00a0<em>Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Home Page<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*************************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">References:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">[1]: Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 2017 ed., Rule 3: <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalrulesofcriminalprocedure.org\/title-ii\/rule-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">https:\/\/www.federalrulesofcriminalprocedure.org\/title-ii\/rule-3\/<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This page is continued from Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: *********************** Transcript: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The complaint is a written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged. \u00a0Except as provided in Rule 4.1, it must be made under oath before a magistrate judge or, if none is reasonably available, before a state &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4752\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rule 3. 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