Federal · Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

28 U.S.C. § 1922: Witness fees before United States magistrate judges

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute sets procedural rules for witness fees in federal magistrate court criminal examinations, requiring the U.S. attorney to approve witnesses beyond four before their fees are charged to the United States.

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The fees of more than four witnesses shall not be taxed against the United States, in the examination of any criminal case before a United States magistrate judge, unless their materiality and importance are first approved and certified to by the United States attorney for the district in which the examination is had.

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