§ 19.2-331 When Commonwealth pays witnesses in case of misdemeanor
Payment shall not be made out of the state treasury to a witness attending for the Commonwealth in any prosecution for a misdemeanor unless it appears that the sum to which the witness is entitled cannot be obtained:
1. If it be a case wherein there is a prosecutor and the defendant is convicted, by reason of the insolvency of the defendant, or
2. If it be a case in which there is no prosecutor, by reason of the acquittal or insolvency of the defendant or other cause.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495.
Code 1950, § 19.1-314; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.