                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NUMBER OF WITNESSES PAID FEES IN CRIMINAL CASES (§ 17.1-617)

Not more than the maximum number of witnesses provided for herein shall be paid
out of the state treasury in criminal cases.

The maximum number that may be (i) caused to be summoned by an attorney for the
Commonwealth in any one case to go before a grand jury &#8212; five; (ii) used
before a court not of record in the trial of any criminal case &#8212; five; and
(iii) caused to be summoned by an attorney for the Commonwealth for the trial of
any criminal case &#8212; ten.

Nothing herein shall be construed to limit (i) the number of witnesses that may
be authorized by any court or the judge thereof to be used when the necessity
for additional witnesses appears to the court or judge and the consent of the
court or judge is first obtained or (ii) the number of witnesses that a grand
jury may of its own motion summon.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 14-192; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-195; 1998, c. 872.