Okla. Stat. tit. 28, § 28-82: Monies from which fees and mileage paid - Taxation as costs

upon conclusion of proceedings.

A. Any witness appearing in obedience to an order, subpoena, or

other lawful compulsion at any stage of a criminal case or

proceeding, grand jury proceeding and in any civil case or

proceeding in which the party seeking the attendance of the witness

is represented by the district attorney, shall be paid, from any

monies available for the operations of the district attorney's

office in the county where attendance is required, the fees and

mileage at the rate prescribed by law.

B. Any witness appearing in obedience to an order, subpoena, or

other lawful compulsion at any stage of a criminal case or

proceeding in which the party seeking the attendance of the witness

is represented by the Indigent Defense System or its agent shall be

paid from the court fund. The court clerk shall report the amount

of witness fees paid pursuant to this subsection monthly to the

Administrative Office of the Courts. The Administrative Office of

the Courts shall bill the Indigent Defense System for the cost of

the witness fees which shall be paid from funds available for

expenditure by the Indigent Defense System. Payment by the Indigent

Defense System to the Administrative Office of the Courts shall be

made within ten (10) days of the receipt of the billing.

C. Any witness appearing in obedience to an order, subpoena, or

other lawful compulsion in an administrative proceeding, medicaid

fraud investigation, or multicounty grand jury proceeding shall be

paid by the party seeking the attendance of the witness. If the

party seeking the attendance is the Attorney General or represented

by the Attorney General, the witness shall be paid from funds

available for expenditure by the Attorney General. If an

administrative agency seeking the attendance of the witness is not

represented by the Attorney General, the witness shall be paid from

funds available for expenditure by the administrative agency.

D. Any witness appearing in obedience to an order, subpoena, or

other lawful compulsion issued by a court of this state for which no

provision of this section is applicable, shall be paid in the

discretion of the court from funds which are subject to the court's

orders.

E. Upon conclusion of the proceedings, such fees and mileage

shall be taxed as costs in the case, and collected and deposited as

other costs in the case.

R.L. 1910, § 3232. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 134, p. 199, § 1; Laws

1935, p. 5, § 1; Laws 1965, c. 488, § 1; Laws 1970, c. 156, § 1,

eff. July 1, 1970; Laws 1975, c. 227, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1975; Laws

1977, c. 253, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 1992, c. 282, § 2, eff.

Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 227, § 6, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994,

c. 229, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.