Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     3-5-511. Procedure in reference to witnesses' warrants. (1) The witnesses in criminal actions shall report their presence to the clerk the first day they attend under the subpoena.
     (2) At the time any witness is excused from further attendance, the clerk shall give to the witness a warrant taken from a book containing a carbon copy of the warrant, signed by the clerk, in which must be stated the name of the witness, the number of days in attendance, the number of miles traveled, and the amount due.
     (3) The amount specified in the warrant must be paid by the state as provided in 3-5-901 and 3-5-902.

     History: En. Sec. 4649, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3183, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4938, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4938, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 25-406; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 379, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 66, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 585, L. 2001.

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