Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-1-1305 (2026)
Compensation of witness
✓ current as of May 2026
Any persons, firms or corporations so subpoenaed shall be reimbursed necessary traveling expenses from their homes to the place of hearing and other necessary expenses, as determined by the commissioner or the comptroller of the treasury, and those persons, firms or corporations not employees of the state shall be paid at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per day for each day or portion of a day in attendance at such hearings.
Acts 1963, ch. 90, § 5; T.C.A., § 67-5505.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1986–1986 · leading case: State, Dep't of Revenue v. Moore, 722 S.W.2d 367 (Tenn. 1986).
State, Dep't of Revenue v. Moore, 722 S.W.2d 367 (Tenn. 1986). “The Commissioner contends that T.C.A. § 67-1-1305, [5] which permits some exercise of discretion *377 by him in determining the reasonableness and necessity of expenses incurred in responding to a subpoena, applies and that the Chancellor erred in awarding First Bank expenses…”
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