Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§924 Witnesses
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION › § 924
Summary
No one can be forced to travel out of their state and more than one hundred miles as a witness unless first paid lawful mileage and one day's attendance fee. Testimony may be given by deposition or by written questions under the federal district court rules.
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Title 33, §924
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No person shall be required to attend as a witness in any proceeding before a deputy commissioner at a place outside of the State of his residence and more than one hundred miles from his place of residence, unless his lawful mileage and fee for one day’s attendance shall be first paid or tendered to him; but the testimony of any witness may be taken by deposition or interrogatories according to the rules of practice of the Federal district court for the judicial district in which the case is pending (or of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia if the case is pending in the District).
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Editorial Notes
Codification As originally enacted, this section contained a reference to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Act
June 25, 1936, substituted “the district court of the United States for the District of Columbia” for “the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia”, and act
June 25, 1948, as amended by act
May 24, 1949, substituted “United States District Court for the District of Columbia” for “district court of the United States for the District of Columbia”.
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33 U.S.C. § 924
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73