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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 709; in 1964, chapter 386; in 1972, chapter 719; in 1976, chapter 308; in 1977, chapter 483; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61141,"section_number":"17.1-612","catch_line":"Allowances to other witnesses","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-612\/"},{"id":65831,"section_number":"4.1-109","catch_line":"Hearings; allowances to witnesses","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-109\/"},{"id":64256,"section_number":"4.1-628","catch_line":"Hearings; allowances to witnesses","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-628\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60037,"section_number":"2.2-2823","catch_line":"Traveling expenses on state business; public or private transportation","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2823\/"}],"permalink":{"id":163889,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63515,"identifier":"17.1-611","token":"17.1\/6\/17.1-611","url":"\/17.1-611\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-611\/","token":"17.1\/6\/17.1-611","dublin_core":{"Title":"Allowances to witnesses for Commonwealth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-611","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All witnesses summoned for the Commonwealth shall be entitled to receive for each day’s attendance all necessary tolls, and such reimbursement for his daily mileage as prescribed in \u00a7 2.2-2823<\/a>. All allowances to witnesses summoned on behalf of the Commonwealth shall be paid by the treasurer of the county or corporation in which the trial<\/span> is held or in which the grand jury<\/span> is summoned and the amount so paid by such treasurer shall be refunded to him out of the state treasury, on a certificate of the clerk of the court<\/span> in which the trial<\/span> was held or before which the grand jury<\/span> was summoned.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALLOWANCES TO WITNESSES FOR COMMONWEALTH (\u00a7 17.1-611)\n\nAll witnesses summoned for the Commonwealth shall be entitled to receive for\neach day’s attendance all necessary tolls, and such reimbursement for his\ndaily mileage as prescribed in \u00a7 2.2-2823. All allowances to witnesses summoned\non behalf of the Commonwealth shall be paid by the treasurer of the county or\ncorporation in which the trial is held or in which the grand jury is summoned\nand the amount so paid by such treasurer shall be refunded to him out of the\nstate treasury, on a certificate of the clerk of the court in which the trial\nwas held or before which the grand jury was summoned.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 14-186; 1954, c. 709; 1964, c. 386, \u00a7 14.1-189; 1972, c.\n719; 1976, c. 308; 1977, c. 483; 1998, c. 872.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}