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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-331 — When Commonwealth pays witnesses in case of misdemeanor
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 20: Taxation and Allowance of Costs, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-331
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
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.
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