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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1964, chapter 386; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163913,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76661,"identifier":"17.1-617","token":"17.1\/6\/17.1-617","url":"\/17.1-617\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-617\/","token":"17.1\/6\/17.1-617","dublin_core":{"Title":"Number of witnesses paid fees in criminal cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-617","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Not more than the maximum number of witnesses provided for herein shall be paid out of the state treasury in criminal cases.\n\t\tThe maximum number that may be (i) caused to be summoned by an attorney for the Commonwealth in any one case to go before a grand jury<\/span> — five; (ii) used before a court<\/span> not of record in the trial<\/span> of any criminal case — five; and (iii) caused to be summoned by an attorney for the Commonwealth for the trial<\/span> of any criminal case — ten.\n\t\tNothing herein shall be construed to limit (i) the number of witnesses that may be authorized by any court<\/span> or the judge<\/span> thereof to be used when the necessity for additional witnesses appears to the court<\/span> or judge<\/span> and the consent of the court<\/span> or judge<\/span> is first obtained or (ii) the number of witnesses that a grand jury<\/span> may of its own motion<\/span> summon.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNUMBER OF WITNESSES PAID FEES IN CRIMINAL CASES (\u00a7 17.1-617)\n\nNot more than the maximum number of witnesses provided for herein shall be paid\nout of the state treasury in criminal cases.\n\t\tThe maximum number that may be (i) caused to be summoned by an attorney for\nthe Commonwealth in any one case to go before a grand jury — five; (ii)\nused before a court not of record in the trial of any criminal case —\nfive; and (iii) caused to be summoned by an attorney for the Commonwealth for\nthe trial of any criminal case — ten.\n\t\tNothing herein shall be construed to limit (i) the number of witnesses that\nmay be authorized by any court or the judge thereof to be used when the\nnecessity for additional witnesses appears to the court or judge and the consent\nof the court or judge is first obtained or (ii) the number of witnesses that a\ngrand jury may of its own motion summon.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 14-192; 1964, c. 386, \u00a7 14.1-195; 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}}