Statutes > Georgia Statutes > TITLE 24 - EVIDENCE > CHAPTER 10 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE > ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS > § 24-10-3 - Forfeiture of fees for causing continuance or absence from trial; no double fees

§ 24-10-3 - Forfeiture of fees for causing continuance or absence from trial; no double fees

O.C.G.A. 24-10-3 (2010)
24-10-3. Forfeiture of fees for causing continuance or absence from trial; no double fees


(a) A witness shall not receive any fees whatever for attendance on a subpoena if he is absent from the trial, or if the trial is continued at any time for his absence, where his absence did not arise from providential cause.

(b) No witness shall receive fees from both parties in the same case; the fees of a witness for both parties shall be apportioned equally between the parties unless the costs are all taxed against one party.