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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350242</law_id><section_number>17.1-915</section_number><catch_line>Witness fees; mileage; exception</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="50" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="9" identifier="9">Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">witness</span>, shall receive for his attendance the same fees and all witnesses shall receive the same mileage allowed by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to a <span class="dictionary">witness</span> in civil cases. The amount shall be paid by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> from funds appropriated for the use of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-1305153" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-915/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> This section shall not apply to an officer or employee of the Commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof, or an officer or an employee of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-1305154" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-915/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1971, Ex. Sess., c. 154, &#xA7; 2.1-37.15; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
