A person attending any court or other tribunal, under a summons or recognizance as a witness, shall receive not less than ten nor more than $20, to be fixed by the court or other tribunal, for each day's attendance and 15¢ per mile for each mile necessarily traveled to the place of attendance, and the same for returning, plus all necessary bridge, ferry and road tolls. On his oath, an entry of the sum he is entitled to, and for what, and by what party it is to be paid, shall be made. When the attendance is before either house or a committee of the Legislature, such entry shall be made by the clerk of such house or the chairman of such committee, and in other cases by the clerk of the court or other tribunal before which, or by the person before whom, the witness attended. A witness summoned or recognized to attend in several cases may have the entry made against any one of the parties by whom he is summoned, or for whom he is sworn as a witness, but no witness shall be allowed for his attendance in more than one case at the same time. But no compensation shall be allowed to a witness before a grand jury. This section shall not apply to witnesses before justices of the peace.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 59. Fees, Allowances and Costs; Newspapers; Legal Advertisements
Article 1. Fees and Allowances
§59-1-1. Fee for Use of State Seal
§59-1-2. Fees to Be Charged by Secretary of State
§59-1-2b. Purchase of Voter Registration Lists and Election Data; Fees
§59-1-2c. Young Entrepreneur Reinvestment Act; Certain Fees Waived
§59-1-3. Fees to Be Charged by Auditor
§59-1-5. Violations of Preceding Section
§59-1-6. Fees to Be Charged by Surveyors
§59-1-7. Fees to Be Charged by Notaries Public
§59-1-8. Compensation of Commissioners of Courts
§59-1-9. Compensation of Fiduciary Commissioners; Procedure for Approving
§59-1-10. Fees to Be Charged by Clerk of County Commission
§59-1-11. Fees to Be Charged by Clerk of Circuit Court
§59-1-11a. Additional Costs in Certain Criminal Proceedings
§59-1-12. Payment of Fines by Credit Card or Payment Plan
§59-1-13. Fees to Be Charged by Clerk of Supreme Court of Appeals
§59-1-14. Fees to Be Charged by Sheriffs
§59-1-15. Payments to Sheriffs and Clerks Out of State or County Treasury
§59-1-16. Amount of Allowance to Witnesses for Attendance; How and When Made
§59-1-18. To Whom Fees Charged; Services by Clerks and Sheriffs Without Fees
§59-1-20. Making Out Fee Bills; Motion to Quash Improper Fee Bill; Prepayment of Fees
§59-1-21. Fee Bills of County Clerk
§59-1-22. Duties of Successor of Deceased Clerk With Reference to Fee Books and Fee Bills
§59-1-23. Requisites and Effect of Fee Bills for Services of Deceased Clerk
§59-1-24. Collection of Fees; Receipt
§59-1-26. Limitation on Distress or Suit for Collection of Fees
§59-1-28. Use and Disposition of Fees of Sheriffs, Clerks and Prosecuting Attorneys
§59-1-28a. Disposition of Filing Fees in Civil Actions and Fees for Services in Criminal Cases
§59-1-29. Collection of Such Fees
§59-1-30. Books of Account to Be Kept by Officers
§59-1-31. Monthly Payments; How Credited; Report Required
§59-1-32. Reduction or Remission of Fees Prohibited; Penalty for Default in Payment
§59-1-35. Supervision by Chief Inspector of Public Offices
§59-1-36. Fees and Allowances for Poor Persons