Title 1, Title 1 — Code Of Civil Procedure

"Folio" defined. The term folio as used in this act means one hundred (100) words. Four (4) figures shall be counted as one (1) word.

Witness fees; fees for expert witnesses in civil and criminal cases. (a) Witnesses are entitled to receive the following minimum fees: (i) For attending before any court or grand jury, or before any judge, referee or commissioner, ten dollars ($10.00) per day, and five dollars ($…

Witness or juror to receive only single fee. No witness shall receive fees or mileage in more than one (1) case covering the same period of time or the same travel. Each witness shall make affidavit that the fees and mileage claimed have not been claimed or received in any other …

Physician testifying as expert or performing postmortem or autopsy; fees. Any physician or surgeon shall receive a reasonable fee as determined by the coroner when testifying as an expert before a coroner or other officer for each half day or portion thereof, and when conducting …

Physician testifying as expert or performing postmortem or autopsy; postmortem fee certificate; exceptions. The coroner or other officer who has ordered a postmortem examination shall issue to the physician or surgeon a certificate for the fees provided, which shall be paid by th…

Payment of fees in criminal cases. In criminal cases where the fees prescribed are not paid by the defendant or the prosecuting witness, they shall be paid to the party entitled thereto by the public defender's office, if subpoenaed by a defendant represented by the public defend…

Record of attendance and fees of jurors and witnesses. The clerk of the district court shall keep a record of the attendance and fees of jurors and witnesses at each term of court when claimed during the term and for which the county is liable.

Statement of attendance of jurors and witnesses in criminal cases. Within ten (10) days after the close of each term of a court of record, the clerk shall return to the county commissioners a statement of the attendance of jurors and witnesses at such term and their mileage as ta…

Only actual mileage allowed for service; liability for false statement. If any officer or other person who is allowed mileage for any services rendered receives at the same time more than one (1) writ or process to serve, or authority to render more than one (1) service at the sa…

Witness or juror entitled to but single day's service for multiple criminal cases and on grand juries. If a witness or juror is summoned to serve in more than one (1) criminal case in the same court on the same day, the witness or juror is entitled to but one (1) day's service, w…

Court officers not allowed witness fees. An officer whose duty it is to be in constant attendance upon any court and who is sworn as a witness in a case then pending in that court, is not entitled to witness fees in the case.

Officer's fees to be posted; penalty. Each officer herein named shall post a list of his fees in his office in a conspicuous place. For failure to do so he shall pay three dollars ($3.00) per day for each day of failure, which may be recovered by the county in a civil action.

Officer's return to show his fees. An officer serving any process or order is not entitled to fees for service unless he returns on the process the amount of his fees and the items thereof.

Right to receive certified bill of costs or fees. Any person liable for any costs or fees is entitled to receive on demand a certified bill of the same, in which the items of service and the charges therefor are stated.

Disposition of costs collected. Every sheriff and other officer collecting costs on execution, after retaining the amount of his own fees shall pay the residue of the collected costs to the clerk of the court which issued the execution and take a receipt therefor.

Payment of fees and compensation. All fees provided for by law when due from any party other than the state or the county are payable in advance to the person entitled to them. All fees and compensation due any person from the county are payable once every three (3) months by war…

Nonresidents and partnerships suing in company name to furnish security; requirements. If a nonresident of the state or a partnership suing in its company name brings an action, the plaintiff must furnish sufficient security for costs approved by the clerk. A surety's obligations…

Nonresidents and partnerships suing in company name to furnish security; failure to give security. If security for costs is not given as required by W.S. 1-14-119 or if the costs are not paid, the court shall at any time before the commencement of the trial, on motion of the defe…

Nonresident and partnership suing in company name to furnish security; when plaintiff becomes nonresident of county. If the plaintiff becomes a nonresident of the county in which the action is brought during its pendency, he may be compelled to give security in the manner stated …

Additional security upon motion of defendant. In an action in which security for costs has been given, the defendant may at any time before the commencement of the trial, after reasonable notice to the plaintiff, move the court for additional security. If on the motion the court …

Judgment against surety for costs; execution. After final judgment in an action in which security for costs is given, the court may on motion of the defendant or a person having a right to costs, after ten (10) days notice of the motion, render judgment in the name of the movant …

Costs allowed for recovery of money or property. Costs shall be allowed to the plaintiff upon a judgment in his favor in an action for the recovery of money only or for the recovery of specific real or personal property, unless otherwise provided by law.

When costs not recoverable by plaintiff. When the judgment is less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), unless the recovery is reduced below that sum by counterclaim or setoff, each party shall pay his own costs. When the damage assessed is under five dollars ($5.00), the plaintif…

Costs in discretion of court. (a) In other actions the court may award and tax costs and apportion them between the parties on the same or adverse sides as it deems right and equitable. When a civil case is settled too late for the clerk of court to advise the jury panel that the…

Recovery of costs when several actions brought on same instrument. When several actions are brought on one (1) instrument in writing against several parties who might have been joined as defendants in the same action, no costs shall be recovered by the plaintiff in more than one …