Sections 17.1-612 to 17.1-616, inclusive, shall apply to a person attending as a witness, under a recognizance or summons in a criminal case, as well as to a person attending under a summons in a civil case, except that a person residing out of this Commonwealth, who attends a court therein as a witness, shall be allowed by the court a proper compensation for attendance and travel to and from the place of his abode, the amount of the same to be fixed by the court.
Code 1950, § 19.1-312; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1977, c. 483.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 20 - Taxation and Allowance of Costs
§ 19.2-329. Allowance to witnesses
§ 19.2-330. Compensation to witnesses from out of Commonwealth
§ 19.2-331. When Commonwealth pays witnesses in case of misdemeanor
§ 19.2-332. Compensation to officer or other person for services not otherwise compensable
§ 19.2-333. No state fees to attorney for the Commonwealth
§ 19.2-336. Clerk to make up statement of whole cost, and issue execution therefor
§ 19.2-337. Claims not presented in time to be disallowed
§ 19.2-338. Collection by town of cost of transporting prisoners