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10 U.S.C. § 8874

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Payment of witness fees
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/us/usc/t10/s8874
Title
10 — Armed Forces
Chapter
STC/PTIV/CH883
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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If the court allows fees to any witness in a prize cause, or fees for taking evidence out of the district in which the court sits, and there is no money subject to its order in the cause, the marshal shall pay the fees. He shall be repaid from any money deposited to the order of the court in the cause. Any amount not so repaid to the marshal shall be allowed him as witness fees paid by him in cases in which the United States is a party. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 481, § 7674; renumbered § 8874, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.) Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 767434 U.S.C. 1157.R.S. 4651. Editorial Notes Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7674 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

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