Attendance fees and mileage for the federal courts and every state, territory and district — each provision read against the statute or court rule itself, with the citation and the date it was checked.
“A witness shall be paid an attendance fee of $40 per day for each day’s attendance. A witness shall also be paid the attendance fee for the time necessarily occupied in going to and returning from the place of attendance…”
A witness fee is small money attached to a large consequence. Tender the wrong amount, or the right amount at the wrong moment, and the service can be challenged — sometimes months later, when the deposition date has passed.
The figures below were checked one jurisdiction at a time against the statute or court rule, not compiled from other guides. Where the law sets no number — and in 10 jurisdictions it sets no per-diem at all — this page says so rather than printing one.
28 U.S.C. § 1821 governs a witness before a United States court, a magistrate judge, or a person authorised to take a deposition under a federal rule or order. It fixes one figure and leaves one moving.
The attendance fee is set in the statute. The mileage rate is not — § 1821(c) points to the allowance the Administrator of General Services prescribes for federal employees, so the current GSA rate has to be looked up each time. Common-carrier travel is reimbursed at the actual cost shown by the receipt.
Timing is its own rule: Rule 45(b)(1) requires the fees for one day’s attendance and the mileage allowed by law to be tendered with service, unless the subpoena issues on behalf of the United States.
For each day of attendance, and for the time necessarily occupied going to and returning from it.28 U.S.C. § 1821(b)
Mileage for a privately owned vehicle — no cents figure in the statute; the referenced rate moves on its own schedule.28 U.S.C. § 1821(c)(2)
Tender of one day’s fees and mileage accompanies service itself.Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(b)(1)
The state provisions differ in more than the dollar amount. Two structural questions decide what a correct tender looks like — when the fee changes hands, and how a mile is measured — and neither has one answer.
The federal model — and the U.S. Virgin Islands rule tracks it: the server certifies the tender on the proof of service. V.I. R. Civ. P. 45(b).
Louisiana has fees deposited before the subpoena issues; the clerk pays the witness on appearance. La. R.S. 13:3661.
Connecticut pays a party-summoned witness on the day of attendance. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-260(h).
Montana makes advance payment in a civil action a matter of demand. MCA 26‑2‑507.
Oklahoma pays each subsequent day of attendance the day before it, unless the witness agrees otherwise. 28 O.S. § 81.
Georgia makes fees a condition precedent to attendance only for out-of-county witnesses. O.C.G.A. § 24-13-25.
Massachusetts pays travel out and home; Wisconsin, going and returning by the usually travelled route.
Hawaii and Illinois state the rate per mile each way; Montana pays the state rate each way.
New Jersey pays $2.00 per thirty miles of travel — and only for a witness from another county. N.J.S.A. 22A:1-4.
Nebraska pays only beyond one mile; Oklahoma pays nothing under one and a half; Alaska, only past thirty; Tennessee, only past ten; Utah, only beyond fifty — and then going only.
Texas prints no mileage — the statute states the fee includes travel. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 22.001.
30 of the 53 jurisdictions print no cents-per-mile figure — the rate lives in a cross-reference to a state-employee or state-officer schedule that moves on its own. 10 print no per-diem figure at all: some set none, some leave the amount to the court, one puts it on a form that is not publicly posted. A table that shows a number for every cell is filling those cells in.
Wisconsin’s circuit-court rate rises from $16.00 to $55.00 on 1 November 2026 — written into Wis. Stat. § 814.67 today. New Mexico’s tiers date from April 2021. Colorado deleted its general per-diem in 2010; New Hampshire repealed its fee statute in 2019. A figure without a checked date is a figure from an unknown year — which is why every row below carries one.
Search by name, amount or citation, or filter by how the fee is structured. Open any row for the full provision, the source it was read on, and the date it was checked.
Attendance. $1.50/day (civil).
Mileage. $0.05/mile to and from residence.
Authority. Ala. Code § 12-19-131(a). Read on. Justia, 2024 Code of Alabama. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $12.50 where attendance — including the time necessarily occupied travelling from the witness’s residence to the place of attendance and returning — requires not more than three consecutive hours. $25.00 for each day of attendance where it requires more than three consecutive hours. A witness attending so far from home as to prohibit day-to-day return also receives per diem at the rate allowed for state employees.
Mileage. Round-trip travel from the witness’s residence to the place of court at the rate allowed for state employees — only where the witness is required to travel more than 30 miles from their residence.
Authority. Alaska Admin. R. 7(a),(b),(c),(d),(e),(f). Read on. courts.alaska.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $12.00/day.
Mileage. $0.20/mile, one way only.
Authority. A.R.S. § 12-303. Read on. azleg.gov/ars/12/00303.htm. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $30.00 per day for attendance — a flat rate, both for trial/hearing and for depositions.
Mileage. $0.25 per mile for travel from the witness’s residence to the place of the trial, hearing or deposition (one direction as stated).
Authority. Ark. R. Civ. P. 45(d) (trial/hearing); 45(e) (depositions). Read on. arcourts.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $35.00/day.
Mileage. $0.20/mile, both ways.
Authority. Cal. Gov. Code § 68093. Read on. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. No general statutory per-diem. C.R.S. § 13-33-102(1) to (3) — the subsections that set the ordinary witness fee — were deleted by amendment, L. 2010 (HB 10-1291), ch. 325, p. 1505, § 1, effective 1 July 2010. What survives: (4) experts, compensation fixed by the court with reference to the value of the time employed and the degree of learning or skill required; (5) criminal-trial witness fees paid as costs under § 16-18-101, except municipal court and the Denver county court; (6) no fee to a witness in the legal custody of any state, federal or local law-enforcement agency whose transportation to court is provided at government expense.
Mileage. Still in force — C.R.S. § 13-33-103: state-officer allowance under § 24-9-104, from the witness’s residence to the place named in the subpoena and return (round trip).
Authority. C.R.S. § 13-33-102(4),(5),(6) [subsecs. (1)-(3) deleted 2010]; § 13-33-103 (mileage). Read on. Justia 2025 and 2017 Colo. Rev. Stat.. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $0.50/day.
Mileage. State-employee per-mile rate under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-141c.
Authority. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-260(a). Read on. Justia, 2025 Conn. Gen. Stat.. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. Two rates by forum. $2.00 per day for attendance in any court, before referees under a rule of court, before a justice in forcible entry or landlord-tenant, before a county governing body, before a Commissioner, Register in Chancery or prothonotary executing a commission or rule for taking depositions, or before either House of the General Assembly or a committee. $0.50 per day before a justice of the peace, or before 2 justices, in all other cases.
Mileage. $0.03 per mile going and returning (round trip) at the $2.00 rate; $0.02 per mile going and returning at the justice-of-the-peace rate.
Authority. 10 Del. C. § 8903(a). Read on. delcode.delaware.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $40.00 for each day’s attendance and for the time necessarily occupied in going to and returning from the same — the figure tracks the federal rate by cross-reference. A witness detained for want of security for their appearance gets $1.00 per day. Experts take what they are entitled to by law.
Mileage. Per-mile travel allowance under D.C. Code § 15-714, going from and returning to the witness’s residence. Mileage is computed on a uniform federal table of distances regardless of how the witness actually travelled. No travel allowance at all for a witness residing in the District.
Authority. D.C. Super. Ct. Crim. R. 113(a); Gen. Fam. R. F(a); D.C. Code § 15-714. Read on. dccourts.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $5.00/day.
Mileage. $0.06/mile to and from the courts.
Authority. Fla. Stat. § 92.142(1). Read on. flsenate.gov, 2025 Statutes. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $25.00 per diem.
Mileage. $0.45/mile, from and returning to residence by the nearest practical route.
Authority. O.C.G.A. § 24-13-25. Read on. Justia. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $4.00 for each day’s attendance in court.
Mileage. $0.20 a mile each way in travelling expenses.
Authority. HRS § 607-12(a),(b). Read on. capitol.hawaii.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. No statutory figure — witness fees and travel expenses are determined by the trial court pursuant to the Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure.
Mileage. Same — set by the trial court under the I.R.C.P., not by statute.
Authority. Idaho Code § 9-1601. Read on. Justia 2025 Idaho Code. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $20.00/day.
Mileage. $0.20 per mile each way for necessary travel.
Authority. 705 ILCS 35/4.3(a). Read on. FindLaw. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $5.00 per day of attendance in court. School employees: $100.00 per day where called to testify on a regular school day of the district employing them.
Mileage. State-officer mileage rate, each mile necessarily travelled to and from the court (same basis for both rates).
Authority. IC 33-37-10-3; IC 33-37-10-3.5 (school employees). Read on. Justia 2025 Indiana Code, both sections. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $10.00 for each full day’s attendance; $5.00 for each attendance less than a full day.
Mileage. Cross-reference — mileage expenses pursuant to Iowa Code § 602.1509, for each mile actually travelled. No cents-per-mile figure in § 622.69.
Authority. Iowa Code § 622.69(1). Read on. legis.iowa.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $10.00 per day. Same $10.00 applies to attendance before an attorney general, county attorney or assistant attorney general where they compel attendance (§ 28-125(c)).
Mileage. Mileage at the rate prescribed by law (K.S.A. §§ 75-3203, 75-3203a — a cross-reference, not a fixed figure), for each mile necessarily and actually travelled going to and returning from the place of attendance, only if the distance is more than one mile.
Authority. K.S.A. § 28-125(a)(3),(4),(b),(c),(d); mileage rate at §§ 75-3203, 75-3203a. Read on. ksrevisor.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. No attendance fee is set by KRS 421.015. The section is a travel-reimbursement provision only, and only for out-of-county witnesses. No general civil per-diem provision has been located.
Mileage. A witness who resides in a county other than the one to which they are subpoenaed shall be allowed the same amount allowed state employees under KRS 44.060 — a cross-reference. A witness subpoenaed within their own county falls outside the section entirely.
Authority. KRS 421.015 (created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 45, § 1, eff. 1 Jan 1978); rate at KRS 44.060. Read on. KRS 421.015 text; Hodge v. Coleman, 244 S.W.3d 102 (Ky. 2008). Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $50.00 attendance fee for each day the witness is required to appear in court.
Mileage. Travel expenses to and from the courthouse at the rate in effect for state officials — no cents-per-mile figure in the statute.
Authority. La. R.S. 13:3661(B)-(E). Read on. legis.la.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $10.00 for each day’s attendance.
Mileage. $0.22 per mile for each mile’s travel going and returning home (round trip).
Authority. 16 M.R.S. § 251. Read on. Justia, 2025 Maine Revised Statutes. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. Witness fees are required. The amount differs between Circuit Court and District Court and is set on the Judiciary’s uniform subpoena form, which is not publicly posted — confirm the current figure at intake.
Mileage. Required; reported to follow the state standard mileage rate — confirm the current figure at intake.
Authority. Md. Rule 2-510 (circuit court subpoenas); Md. Rule 3-510 (district court). Read on. Md. Rules 2-510 and 3-510; Md. Code, State Gov’t § 20-1023(b)(1). Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $6.00/day.
Mileage. $0.10 per mile for travel out and home (round trip).
Authority. M.G.L. c. 262, § 29. Read on. malegislature.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $12.00 full day / $6.00 half day — or loss of working time, capped at $15.00 per day.
Mileage. State-employee per-mile rate set by Dept. Of Management & Budget directives under MCL 18.1217.
Authority. MCL 600.2552(1), (4), (5). Read on. legislature.mi.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $20.00 for each day.
Mileage. $0.28 per mile, to and from the place of attendance.
Authority. Minn. Stat. § 357.22. Read on. revisor.mn.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. No fixed figure. Witnesses in the county, circuit, chancery and justice courts receive the same pay per day as a juror, as set by the board of supervisors under § 25-7-61 — so the amount is county-specific and must be looked up. Witnesses in all other cases receive the same compensation as before the circuit court.
Mileage. Mileage as authorized under § 25-3-41 for each mile going to and returning from the courthouse to their homes by the nearest route, plus such tolls and ferriages as they are actually obliged to pay. No charge for mileage except that travelled in Mississippi.
Authority. Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-47 (2025); juror rate at § 25-7-61; mileage at § 25-3-41; §§ 25-7-49, -51, -53, -55, -57. Read on. Justia 2025 Mississippi Code. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $25.00/day.
Mileage. Mileage allowance determined under § 33.095 RSMo (state rate), not a fixed cents-per-mile figure.
Authority. § 491.280.1 RSMo. Read on. revisor.mo.gov (Missouri Revisor of Statutes). Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $10.00 per day — courts of record.
Mileage. Mileage allowance as provided in MCA 2-18-503 (state rate), each way, travelling to the place of trial or hearing. Not a fixed cents-per-mile figure.
Authority. MCA 26-2-501(1)(a),(b),(2). Read on. mca.legmt.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $20.00 per day before the district court, county court and grand jury; $8.00 per day before the small claims court.
Mileage. State-employee rate under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1176, for each mile necessarily travelled — payable only if the witness resides more than one mile from the courthouse.
Authority. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-139; § 33-139.01; § 25-1223(5)-(7); § 25-1228. Read on. nebraskalegislature.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $25.00 per day of attendance, including Sundays and holidays.
Mileage. IRS standard mileage rate, each mile necessarily and actually travelled from and returning to the place of residence by the shortest practical route.
Authority. NRS 50.225. Read on. Justia, Nevada Code Title 4 ch. 50. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. No statutory witness fee. RSA 516:16 was repealed by 2019, 346:157, V, effective 1 July 2019, and RSA 516:16-a (law-enforcement witness fees) was repealed by 2019, 346:157, VI on the same date.
Mileage. None set by statute — the mileage provision went with the repeal.
Authority. RSA 516:16 (repealed eff. 1 Jul 2019); RSA 516:16-a (repealed eff. 1 Jul 2019). Read on. Justia 2025 N.H. Revised Statutes ch. 516 (repeal notes). Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $2.00 per day of attendance.
Mileage. Conditional and block-based — nothing if the witness attends in their own county. If attending from a foreign county: $2.00 for every 30 miles of travel going to the place of attendance from the residence and returning.
Authority. N.J.S.A. 22A:1-4. Read on. njcourts.gov FAQ. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. No fee for services. A witness receives per diem at the nonsalaried-public-officer rate under the Per Diem and Mileage Act, for the time attendance is required, on certification of the clerk of the court. That rate is tiered since 6 Apr 2021: $45.00 for physical attendance under four hours in a calendar day (or a virtual appearance of any length); $95.00 at four hours or more.
Mileage. Mileage at the same nonsalaried-public-officer rate under the Per Diem and Mileage Act (NMSA 10-8-1 to 10-8-8).
Authority. NMSA 1978 § 38-6-4(A) routing to § 10-8-4(A)(1)-(2). Read on. Justia 2025 N.M. Statutes, both sections. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $15.00/day.
Mileage. $0.23/mile from place of service to place of attendance, and return.
Authority. CPLR § 8001. Read on. nysenate.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $5.00 per day or fraction thereof during attendance.
Mileage. State-employee rate, but only where the witness lives outside the county of appearance and within 75 miles of it; residence to place of appearance and return, each day.
Authority. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-314(a), (b)(1). Read on. LawServer full text. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $25.00 for each day necessarily in attendance before the district court or any other board or tribunal — except municipal court. Municipal court is set by the city’s governing body, between $5.00 and $25.00 (§ 31-01-16.2).
Mileage. Mileage and travel expense reimbursement at the state-employee rates under N.D.C.C. §§ 44-08-04 and 54-06-09 — a cross-reference, not a cents-per-mile figure.
Authority. N.D.C.C. § 31-01-16(1)(a),(b),(2); § 31-01-16.2. Read on. ndlegis.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $12.00 full day / $6.00 half day.
Mileage. Set by each county board of commissioners; capped at $0.505/mile.
Authority. Ohio R.C. § 2335.06. Read on. codes.ohio.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $10.00 for each day of attendance.
Mileage. Travel expenses as prescribed by law, at rates not to exceed those for state employees. Two computation rules: parts of a mile round to the nearest whole mile, and no mileage at all where total actually and necessarily travelled is less than one and one-half miles.
Authority. 28 O.S. § 81(A)(3),(B),(C),(D),(E); § 84.1; § 82. Read on. oksenate.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. Two tiers — civil $30.00/day; but $5.00/day in any criminal proceeding, any proceeding prosecuted by a public body, or any proceeding where a public body is a party.
Mileage. $0.25/mile civil; $0.08/mile in the public-body/criminal tier. Total mileage capped at the necessary cost of transportation on reasonably available common carriers.
Authority. ORS 44.415(1), (2). Read on. oregonlegislature.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $5.00 per day during the necessary period of attendance. Exception: a salaried police officer attending a coroner’s inquest during working hours gets nothing. Special rate: $20.00 per day for a witness under the First Class City Permanent Registration Act (now 25 Pa.C.S. § 1601).
Mileage. $0.07 per mile circular actually and necessarily travelled between the place named in the subpoena and the witness’s residence — same salaried-police-officer exception.
Authority. 42 Pa.C.S. § 5903(b),(c),(d),(i). Read on. FindLaw, Title 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5903, last updated 01/2026. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. No witness fee or tender requirement exists in the civil subpoena rule. Regla 40 of the Reglas de Procedimiento Civil de 2009 — the rule governing citación — contains ten subsections and not one of them provides for a witness fee, mileage, or tender. Fees that do exist are claim-based under Ley Núm. 338-1947, subject to available budgetary resources.
Mileage. None in the civil rule. Travel, dietas and lodging are covered by the Reglamento under Ley 338-1947, on the same request-and-budget basis, and that Reglamento is expressly limited to criminal cases.
Authority. Reglas de Procedimiento Civil de 2009, Regla 40.1–40.10 (32 L.P.R.A. Ap. V); Ley Núm. 338-1947; Reglamento de honorarios y gastos (casos criminales). Read on. poderjudicial.pr — official Reglas de Procedimiento Civil. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $10.00 for every day’s attendance before the supreme or superior court, or before any other tribunal or magistrate, expressly including attendance in giving depositions. Plus $2.00 for every day’s commitment in jail upon default to enter into recognizance with surety.
Mileage. $0.10 for every mile’s travel. The statute states no travel basis — neither round trip, one way, nor from-residence, one way, or from residence. Do not paraphrase it as round trip.
Authority. R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-29-7(a)(1),(2),(3),(b). Read on. webserver.rilegislature.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $25.00 per day, for each day’s attendance and for the time necessarily occupied in going to and returning from the proceeding.
Mileage. Mileage in the same amount as provided by law for official travel of State officers and employees, going from and returning to the witness’s residence — a cross-reference, not a fixed figure.
Authority. SCRCP 45(b)(1) and 45(g); SCRCP 30 (depositions); S.C. Magistrate Ct. R. 23(e). Read on. sccourts.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $20.00 for each day’s attendance.
Mileage. Rate established under SDCL § 3-9-1 (cross-reference, not a fixed figure), limited to each mile actually and necessarily travelled.
Authority. SDCL § 19-5-1. Read on. sdlegislature.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $30.00 per day, courts of record, civil matter, upon request to the clerk. Separate older regime survives in § 24-4-101(a) for other courts; the AG puts general sessions at $0.50/day + $0.05/mile out-of-county.
Mileage. Only where the witness resides more than ten miles from the court: reimbursement per mile going and returning, at the rate allowable under the state comprehensive travel regulations. Under § 24-4-101(a), 4c/mile plus tolls and ferriages, limited to one trip going and returning per term.
Authority. Tenn. Code Ann. § 24-4-101(a),(b),(c); see also § 24-4-102. Read on. Justia 2024 Tenn. Code. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $10.00/day.
Mileage. None — statute states the fee includes travel and no mileage is reimbursed.
Authority. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 22.001. Read on. statutes.capitol.texas.gov (CP.22.pdf). Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. No territorial figure is set by the rule. V.I. R. Civ. P. 45 tracks the federal structure: service requires tendering the fees for one day’s attendance and the mileage allowed by law, unless the subpoena issues on behalf of the United States or one of its officers or agents. The Superior Court’s own subpoena form carries that certification on the proof of service.
Mileage. The mileage "allowed by law" — a cross-reference, not a figure stated in the rule.
Authority. V.I. R. Civ. P. 45(b) (tender on service), 45(c) (place of compliance), 45(d) (protection), 45(e) and (g) (duty to respond; contempt). Read on. vicourts.org. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $18.50 for the first day of attendance; $49.00 per day for each subsequent day.
Mileage. In-state: nothing for the first 50 miles — then $1 for each four miles in excess of 50, actually and necessarily travelled, going only, regardless of county lines. Out-of-state civil witness: $0.25/mile, taxed only for the distance travelled inside Utah, going only.
Authority. Utah Code § 78B-1-119(1)-(5). Read on. le.utah.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. $30.00 a day — including for giving a deposition before a notary public.
Mileage. For travel in the state, mileage at the rate of reimbursement allowed State employees under the terms of the prevailing collective bargaining agreement — a cross-reference that moves with the union contract, not a statutory figure.
Authority. 32 V.S.A. § 1551(1)-(4). Read on. legislature.vermont.gov (Vermont Statutes Online, official site). Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. No attendance fee for an in-state civil witness. § 17.1-612 gives a witness under a summons not covered by § 17.1-611 only daily mileage plus tolls — no per-diem appears. An out-of-state witness in a civil action may be allowed the same mileage and an attendance fee, but only if the judge determines and certifies the witness is material, and the court may allow all, part, or none of it as it finds reasonable.
Mileage. Daily mileage as prescribed in Va. Code § 2.2-2823 (state-employee rate), plus expenses for the tolls. Applies to a witness from within or without the Commonwealth.
Authority. Va. Code § 17.1-612 (Title 17.1, ch. 6, Costs Generally); § 17.1-611 (Commonwealth witnesses); § 19.2-329 (criminal application). Read on. law.lis.virginia.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. No dollar figure in the statute — witnesses take the same per-day compensation as jurors.
Mileage. Same per-mile compensation as jurors.
Authority. RCW 2.40.010. Read on. lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. A band, not a figure — not less than $10 nor more than $20 per day, the exact amount fixed by the court or tribunal.
Mileage. $0.15 per mile for each mile necessarily travelled to the place of attendance and the same for returning (round trip), plus all necessary bridge, ferry and road tolls.
Authority. W. Va. Code § 59-1-16; § 59-1-17. Read on. code.wvlegislature.gov and wvlegislature.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. Three rates by forum — circuit court $16.00/day (rises to $55.00 on 1 Nov 2026); court of appeals or supreme court $16.00/day; before a municipal judge, arbitrator, or any officer, board or committee $5.00/day.
Mileage. $0.20 per mile, going and returning by the usually travelled route.
Authority. Wis. Stat. § 814.67(1)(a), (am), (b), (c); (2). Read on. docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Attendance. Two different numbers for two different purposes. Tender: $10.00 per day for a fact witness under Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-102(a). Cost recovery: $30.00 full day / $15.00 half day is what U.R.D.C. 501(a)(3)(B)(i) allows to be taxed as costs, covering time spent travelling to and from the proceeding and in attendance.
Mileage. Mileage at the rate set in W.S. § 9-3-103, for each mile actually and necessarily travelled going to and returning from the place of attendance — a cross-reference — the statute prints no cents figure.
Authority. Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-102(a)(iii),(b); U.R.D.C. 501(a)(3)(B)(i). Read on. wyocourts.gov. Checked. 2026-08-28.
Every row was read in full on the source shown — the state legislature or judiciary where the text is published there, an established statutory-text publisher otherwise. Where the answer is not a number, the row says exactly what it is: New Hampshire’s fee statute was repealed effective 1 July 2019, and Maryland’s ● amount sits on a uniform form held behind the Judiciary’s attorney portal — the fees are required; the figure is confirmed at intake. Rates change without notice — confirm before tendering. Provisions checked August 2026; Wisconsin’s scheduled 1 November 2026 increase is stated in its row.
The jurisdiction where the witness is served and appears. On a domesticated subpoena the fee follows the witness, not the court where the case is pending: a New York matter deposing a witness in California tenders California’s $35.00 a day and $0.20 a mile both ways under Cal. Gov. Code § 68093, not New York’s $15.00.
The attendance fee of $40.00 a day under 28 U.S.C. § 1821(b), plus mileage. Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(b)(1) requires the fees for one day’s attendance and the mileage allowed by law to be tendered with service, unless the subpoena issues on behalf of the United States.
Then no table can honestly print one either. Thirty of the fifty-three jurisdictions set mileage by cross-reference — a state-employee or state-officer rate that moves on its own schedule — and ten set no attendance figure at all. In those jurisdictions the current referenced rate has to be looked up at the time of service, which is why every row here shows the authority rather than only a number.
No. That is the federal model and many states follow it, but it is not universal. Louisiana has fees deposited with the clerk before the subpoena issues (La. R.S. 13:3661); Connecticut pays a party-summoned witness on the day of attendance (§ 52-260(h)); Montana makes advance payment in a civil action a matter of demand (MCA 26-2-507); Oklahoma pays each subsequent day on a rolling day-before schedule (28 O.S. § 81); and Georgia makes fees a condition precedent only for out-of-county witnesses (O.C.G.A. § 24-13-25).
Yes, and on their own schedules. Wisconsin’s circuit-court rate rises from $16.00 to $55.00 on 1 November 2026 (Wis. Stat. § 814.67). New Mexico’s rate has been tiered since 6 April 2021. Colorado deleted its general per-diem subsections effective 1 July 2010, and New Hampshire repealed its fee statute effective 1 July 2019. Every row on this page carries the date it was checked.
For attendance, yes — RSA 516:16 was repealed effective 1 July 2019, and the mileage provision went with it. The row is shown as no fee because the repeal was verified, not because a table left the cell blank.
As a third-party cost, the same way court and authority fees are handled. The service fee is quoted in writing before work begins, and third-party costs — witness fees among them — run through a retainer that is drawn down against actual charges and reconciled after completion, with the retainer itemised on its own line. Details are on the pricing page.
Served 123 domesticates and serves subpoenas nationwide. The service fee is quoted in writing before work begins; witness fees and other third-party costs run through an itemised retainer, reconciled after completion.
