List of FBI forms

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The American Federal Bureau of Investigation has a number of bureaucratic forms that must be filled out in the commission of any activities by its agents. These are typically mandatory, and are often presented at legal hearings as evidence of context.

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[edit] FD-209

An FD-209 form is used by FBI agents to record their contacts with unofficial criminal informants.[1]

[edit] FD-292

An FD-292 form is used by FBI agents to notify the agency that they are getting married or divorced.[2]

[edit] FD-302

An FD-302 from the Warren Commission.
An FD-302 from the Warren Commission.

An FD-302 form is used by FBI agents to "report or summarize the interviews that they conduct" [3][4] and is comprised of information from the notes taken during the interview by the non-primary agent.

It consists of information taken from the subject, rather than details about the subject themselves.

[edit] FD-472

An FD-472 form is used by FBI agents to acquire consent to place a wiretap as part of an investigation.[2]

[edit] FD-473

An FD-473 form is used by FBI agents to acquire consent for a co-operative subject to wear a covert listening device.[2]

[edit] FD-772

An FD-473 form is used by FBI agents to account for the purposes and events of any trips they have taken outside the country, whether business or pleasure.[2]

[edit] FD-888

An FD-473 form is used by FBI agents to prepare for a Federal arrest.[2]

[edit] FD-920

An FD-473 form is used by FBI agents to initiate an investigation of suspected drug crimes.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Swearingen, M. Wesley. "FBI Secrets: An Agents Exposé", 1995
  2. ^ a b c d e f Goldstein, Harry. "Who Killed the Virtual Case File?, 2006
  3. ^ Department of Justice, Report on Ruby Ridge
  4. ^ Marquise, Richard. "Scotbom: Intelligence and the Lockerbie Investigation", 2006