8.01-409 - When court may have process for witness executed by its own officer in another county or city.
§ 8.01-409. When court may have process for witness executed by its ownofficer in another county or city.
Whenever on the calling or during the trial of a civil case in any court itappears to the court that it is necessary to have a witness from a county orcity other than that of trial, the summons, rule, or attachment issued forsuch witness from the trial court may, when the court so orders, be executedby its officers in any county or city of the Commonwealth, for which servicesthe officer shall be allowed a reasonable compensation by the court.
(Code 1950, § 8-299; 1977, c. 617.)