TITLE 24 EVIDENCE

Section 13. Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence, 24-13-1 through 24-13-154.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

24-13-3. Witness fee exceptions.

1. A witness shall not receive any witness fees for attendance on a subpoena if such witness is absent from the proceeding, or if the proceeding is continued at any time due to his or her absence, where such absence did not arise from providential cause.
2. No witness shall receive witness fees from both parties in the same proceeding; the fees of a witness for both parties shall be apportioned equally between the parties unless the costs are all taxed against one party.

(Code 1981, §24-13-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)