N.D. Cent. Code § 31-01-16

Current through 2024 Legislative Session

Section 31-01-16 - Compensation and mileage and travel expense of witness

A witness in a civil or criminal case is entitled to receive:

1. A sum of twenty-five dollars for each day necessarily in attendance before the district court or before any other board or tribunal, except municipal court.

2. A sum for mileage and travel expense reimbursement equal to the reimbursement rates provided for state employees in sections 44-08-04 and 54-06-09.

In all criminal cases in district court, the attorney general shall pay prosecution witness fees and expenses, in an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars per county per biennium, and the commission on legal counsel for indigents shall pay witness fees and expenses for witnesses in those cases in which counsel has been provided by the commission. Prisoners may not be compensated as witnesses under this section.

N.D.C.C. § 31-01-16

Amended by S.L. 2019, ch. 28 (SB 2003),§ 4, eff. 7/1/2019.