O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 24-13-4 (2019)

Penalty for excessive witness fee claim

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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A witness who claims more than is due to such witness shall forfeit all witness fees and shall pay to the injured party, in addition thereto, four times the amount so unjustly claimed.

History

Code 1981, § 24-13-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former O.C.G.A. § 24-10-4 are included in the annotations for this Code section. Attendance pursuant to subpoena. - Expert, who was asked to conduct a

preliminary review of evidence in order to better give an opinion as an expert, was entitled to demand extra compensation for attendance in court pursuant to a subpoena. Kent v. Brown, 238 Ga. App. 607, 518 S.E.2d 737 (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 24-10-4).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2026–2026 · leading case: Kathryn Taylor Franklin v. Jane Norman (Ga. Ct. App. 2026).
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Kathryn Taylor Franklin v. Jane Norman (Ga. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 10× “After Franklin refused to pay the invoice, Norman filed suit against Franklin, and Franklin counterclaimed for quadruple damages against Norman pursuant to OCGA § 24-13-4. Following a bench trial, the trial court dismissed Norman’s complaint, finding that she was not entitled to…”
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