{"data":{"id":"us-mt/26-2-508","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"26-2-508","heading":"Witnesses for state, county, or public defender -- advance payment not required.","body":"The attorney general, any county attorney, or any public defender, as defined in 47-1-103, is authorized to cause subpoenas to be issued and compel the attendance of witnesses without paying or tendering fees in advance to either officers or witnesses. A witness refusing to or failing to attend, after being served with a subpoena, may be proceeded against and is liable in the same manner as is provided by law in other cases where fees have been tendered or paid.","path":["TITLE 26. EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 2. SUBPOENAS AND WITNESSES","Part 5. Witness Fees"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0260/chapter_0020/part_0050/section_0080/0260-0020-0050-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:21Z","sha256":"9eebb7313ec7f779ae62e8171fac97c91b0c61c9e4e50288ac2ff3ac7db92b9b","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/26-2-507","next":"us-mt/26-2-509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}