---
title: "Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 35 and 36"
citation: "Fed. R. Crim. P. 35 and 36"
authority_id: "AUTH-FRCRIM-P-35-36"
authority_type: "rule"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding_rule"
official_url: "https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure-dec-1-2024.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-FRCRIM-P-35-36/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 35 and 36

## Propositions supported

- Rule 35(a)'s clear-error authority and 14-day period measured from oral sentencing.
- Rule 35(b)'s government-motion, timing, substantial-assistance, and statutory-minimum rules.
- Rule 36's at-any-time clerical-error authority, distinct from substantive modification.

## Material limitations

The rules do not resolve whether a particular error is clerical or clear, whether substantial assistance occurred, or the limits on reviewing a government decision not to move.

## Official source

<https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure-dec-1-2024.pdf>


## Used in

- [18 U.S.C. § 3582 — Sentence-Modification Remedy Router](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/70-sentence-modification/section-3582-remedy-router.md)
- [Rules 35 and 36 — Sentence Correction, Assistance, Record Error, and Appeals](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/70-sentence-modification/rules-35-36-and-modification-appeals.md)