Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 622.69 (2026)

Witness fees

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1. Witnesses shall receive ten dollars for each full day’s attendance, and five dollars for each attendance less than a full day, and mileage expenses pursuant to section 602.1509 for each mile actually traveled.

2. Witness fees to be received by an inmate, while in the custody of the department of corrections, shall be applied either toward payment of any restitution owed by the inmate or to the crime victim compensation program established in sections 915.80 through 915.94. [C51, §2544; R60, §4153; C73, §3814; C97, §4661; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11326; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.69; 81 Acts, ch 191, §2] 93 Acts, ch 46, §3; 96 Acts, ch 1163, §3; 98 Acts, ch 1090, §74, 84; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121 Referred to in §10A.209, 602.11101, 631.3\n\nTue Dec 09 21:59:22 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 622 (63, 3) 17 EVIDENCE, §622.75 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1991–2026 · leading case: Meyer v. City of Des Moines, 475 N.W.2d 181 (Iowa 1991).
Meyer v. City of Des Moines, 475 N.W.2d 181 (Iowa 1991). · cites it 16× “Two *192 statutes control here: Iowa Code section 622.69 and section 622.72. Section 622.”
John Deere Dubuque Works v. Caven, 804 N.W.2d 297 (Iowa Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 6× “While a doctor or practitioner’s deposition testimony is limited by Iowa Code section 622.69 and 622.72, no such limitation is contained in this rule for obtaining written reports, nor is there any application of those statutes to written reports.”
Talen v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co., 703 N.W.2d 395 (Iowa 2005). · cites it 2× “On remand, the taxation of costs shall be limited to those costs taxed by the clerk, witness fees as provided in Iowa Code section 622.69 (2003), expert-witness fees as provided in Iowa Code section 625.”
Coker v. Abell-Howe Co., 491 N.W.2d 143 (Iowa 1992). · cites it 2× “2d 181, 191-92 (Iowa 1991), we held that experts testifying at trial are entitled to an ordinary witness fee of ten dollars a day and their mileage pursuant to Iowa Code section 622.69 (1991), and an additional expert fee not to exceed $150 pursuant to Iowa Code section 622.”
State v. McKinney, 743 N.W.2d 550 (Iowa 2008). “§ 622.69. The legislature also requires an ordinary witness to be reimbursed for mileage.”
State v. McKinney, 756 N.W.2d 678 (Iowa 2008). · cites it 2× “the costs of prosecution witness fees and mileage and other witness fees and mileage assessed against the prosecution in criminal actions prosecuted under state law as provided in sections 622.69 and 622.72. Sections 622.”
Cent. Iowa Fencing, LTD. & Grinnell Select Ins. v. Josh Hays (Iowa Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 3× “) The administrative rule promulgated to explain which costs are taxable in the commissioner’s discretion includes: (4) witness fees and expenses as provided by Iowa Code sections 622.69 and 622.72, 3 The Employer also asserts on appeal Hays sought reimbursement for three…”
Amy Rosteck v. Charles Davisson (Iowa Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 3× “We conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding Rosteck the costs of her experts beyond the statutory fees in Iowa Code sections 622.69 and .72.1 2. Deposition fees.”
State Of Iowa Vs. Nathanial Paul Mckinney (Iowa 2008). · cites it 2× “the costs of prosecution witness fees and mileage and other witness fees and mileage assessed against the prosecution in criminal actions prosecuted under state law as provided in sections 622.69 and 622.72. Sections 622.”
State Of Iowa Vs. Nathanial Paul Mckinney (Iowa 2008). “§ 622.69. The legislature also requires an ordinary witness to be reimbursed for mileage.”
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