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2335.06 Witness fees in civil cases.
Each witness in civil cases shall receive the following fees:
(A) Twelve dollars for each full day’s attendance and six dollars for each half day’s attendance at a court of record, mayor’s court, or before a person authorized to take depositions, to be taxed in the bill of costs. Each witness shall also receive ten cents for each mile necessarily traveled to and from his place of residence to the place of giving his testimony, to be taxed in the bill of costs.
(B) For attending a coroner’s inquest, the same fees and mileage provided by division (A) of this section, payable from the county treasury on the certificate of the coroner.
(C) As used in this section, “full day’s attendance” means a day on which a witness is required or requested to be present at proceedings before and after twelve noon regardless of whether he actually testifies; “half day’s attendance” means a day on which a witness is required or requested to be present at proceedings either before or after twelve noon, but not both, regardless of whether he actually testifies.
Effective Date: 06-02-1976
