{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-5-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 62-5-1","heading":"Payment of witnesses.","body":"Sections sixteen and seventeen of article one, and section sixteen of article two, chapter fifty-nine of this code shall apply to a person attending as a witness under a recognizance or summons in a criminal case whether the same be a felony or misdemeanor, as well as to a person attending under a summons in a civil case, except that in a criminal case, a person residing out of this state, who attends a court therein as a witness, shall be allowed by such court a proper compensation for attendance and travel to and from the place of his abode; the amount of the same to be fixed by such court. Such compensation and other allowances shall, in all criminal cases be paid out of the treasury of the state.","path":["CHAPTER 62. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.","ARTICLE 5. COSTS IN CRIMINAL CASES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/62-5-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:35Z","sha256":"2e429a2119f9db2579cb80ba1508662805b1f28a0f9a12ac04618d6790ce9ad2","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-4-17","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-5-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}