Section 12-19-130 Circuit and district court witness fees generally. In civil cases in circuit court and district court, witness fees shall be collected in the amount prescribed by law and shall be distributed to witnesses pursuant to law. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §§16-113, 16-114; 1976, No. 564, p. 763.)
Section 12-19-131 Attendance and mileage fees generally; limitations in same case and when attending more than one case. (a) Witnesses shall be allowed $1.50 per day in civil cases; also, $.05 per mile for each mile to and from their residence by the usual traveled route and all necessary ferriage, tolls of turnpikes and toll […]
Section 12-19-132 Issuance to witness of certificate of sum entitled to for attendance, etc.; proof of attendance by witness. (a) After the trial, continuance of the cause or discharge of the witness, the clerk must, on his application and upon his oath, give the witness a certificate setting forth the cause in which he was […]
Section 12-19-133 Effect of certificate of attendance; obligation of witness to appear in same case when fees not paid. The certificate issued to the witness entitles him to demand, of the party summoning or at whose request he attended, the amount therein stated and is presumptive evidence that such amount is due in any proceeding […]
Section 12-19-134 Taxation and collection of amount proved; limitation on number of witnesses to prove any one matter. (a) Upon the final disposition of any civil case, the amount proved by the witnesses, as provided in this article, must be taxed in the bill of costs against the rightful party, setting forth the name of […]
Section 12-19-135 Witness fees in probate court – Generally; inquisition proceedings regarding mental illness. Witnesses in proceedings in probate court are entitled to the same fees as in circuit court, to be taxed as costs, except in inquisition proceedings regarding mental illness, in which they shall receive $.75 per day, to be taxed and collected […]
Section 12-19-136 Witness fees in probate court – Ad quod damnum proceedings. Witnesses summoned in ad quod damnum proceedings, to assess the damages to real estate from taking land, are entitled to the same fees and allowances as in the circuit court, to be taxed as costs. (Code 1876, §5060; Code 1886, §3698; Code 1896, […]
Section 12-19-137 Claims for payment of witness fees to be presented within three months from date of collection by clerk; payment of claims. Any person entitled to such witness fees shall present his claim for payment to the court clerk within three months from the date of its collection by the clerk, by presenting the […]
Section 12-19-138 Payment of nondisbursed fees to successors and furnishing of statement as to fees by court clerks. All court clerks in this state, upon the expiration of their several terms of office, shall pay over to their several successors in office all witness fees in their hands and which have been collected by them […]
Section 12-19-139 Per diem and mileage for volunteer firefighters and volunteer emergency medical service providers. (a) A volunteer firefighter or a volunteer emergency medical service provider who is subpoenaed to appear as a witness for a deposition or court hearing in connection with a civil matter regarding an event or transaction which he or she […]
