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§252
Title 16: COURT PROCEDURE -- EVIDENCE
Chapter 1: WITNESSES
Subchapter 6: FEES
§351

§253. Witness not obligated unless fees paid or tendered

A person is not obliged to attend any court as a witness in a civil action or at any place to have the person's deposition taken unless the person's legal fees for travel to and from the place and for one day's attendance are first paid or tendered. The person's fees for each subsequent day's attendance must be paid at the close of the preceding day if the person requests it.   [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. D, §8 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. D, §8 (COR).
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