Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§8874 Payment of witness fees
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART IV— - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 883— - PRIZE › § 8874
Summary
The marshal must pay witness fees in a prize cause or for taking evidence outside the court's district when the case has no money. He is repaid from deposits in the case, and any unrepaid amounts count as fees he paid in United States cases.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8874
Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 767434 U.S.C. 1157.R.S. 4651.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—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.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8874
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73