### Question
Can you define what official request means?


### Answer
**Official request** is defined as the following in *18 U.S.C. § 3506*:

> 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

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 3506*
  - Heading: **PART II-CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > CHAPTER 223-WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE**

