Witnesses in criminal cases shall be allowed the same compensation as in civil cases, but the prosecutor shall not be allowed compensation as a witness, nor shall any person be allowed for his attendance as a witness in more than one criminal case on the same day. The compensation of witnesses on behalf of the state shall be allowed in open court, the order therefor entered upon the minutes, and a certificate of same shall be delivered to the party entitled thereto. Said certificate shall be negotiable and shall be paid by the county treasurer of the county in which the offense was committed upon presentation by the payee or the holder in due course. The clerk shall keep an account of all such certificates and shall tax the amount thereof in the bill of costs if the defendant shall be sentenced to pay the costs and, when collected, the same shall be paid into the county treasury. A witness shall not receive compensation for attendance before the grand jury.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records
§ 25-7-1. Lawful to demand specific fees only
§ 25-7-3. Clerk of the Supreme Court
§ 25-7-5. Payment of fee for recording opinions
§ 25-7-7. Fees due from state or county
§ 25-7-9. Clerks of the chancery court
§ 25-7-10. Additional allowance for chancery court clerks in certain counties
§ 25-7-11. Recording fees itemized
§ 25-7-13. Clerks of the circuit court
§ 25-7-14. Prepayment of chancery or circuit court fees by state or political subdivision
§ 25-7-17. Fees of circuit clerks in certain municipal appeals
§ 25-7-27. Marshals and constables
§ 25-7-31. Officers taking depositions
§ 25-7-33. Officers taking acknowledgments
§ 25-7-35. Commissioners, referees, auditors, and arbitrators
§ 25-7-39. Payment of surveyor fees
§ 25-7-43. Fees for approving bond of county officer
§ 25-7-45. All officers administering oaths
§ 25-7-49. Law enforcement officers to receive no witness fees in criminal cases
§ 25-7-51. Certificates for witness fees in civil cases
§ 25-7-53. Forfeiture of witness fees
§ 25-7-55. Witness to have only one fee for same time
§ 25-7-57. Witness in criminal cases
§ 25-7-59. Report of witness certificates payable out of county treasury
§ 25-7-61. Jurors; Lengthy Trial Fund
§ 25-7-63. Determination of compensation of jurors
§ 25-7-65. Printers and publishers
§ 25-7-67. Appraisers of the estates of decedents
§ 25-7-69. Officers and jurors in ad quod damnum proceedings
§ 25-7-71. To persons bringing back prisoner on extradition
§ 25-7-73. Expenses of returning felon
§ 25-7-75. Expenses of returning certain prisoners to other states
§ 25-7-77. Fees for attachment for rent
§ 25-7-79. Fees of officers and witness in unlawful entry and detainer court
§ 25-7-83. Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration
§ 25-7-85. Secretary of State; fee relating to land transactions