814.67 Fees of witnesses and interpreters.
(1) The fees of witnesses and interpreters shall be as follows:
(a) For attending before a municipal judge, an arbitrator, or any officer, board or committee:
1. For witnesses, $5 per day.
2. For interpreters, $10 per one-half day or such higher fees as the municipality or county board may establish.
(am) For witnesses attending before a circuit court, $16 per day.
(b) For attending before the court of appeals or the supreme court:
1. For witnesses, $16 per day.
2. For interpreters, a fee determined by the supreme court.
(bg) For interpreters assisting the state public defender in representing an indigent in preparing for court proceedings, $35 per one-half day.
(c)
1. For a witness, the rate of 20 cents per mile for either of the following:
a. Traveling from his or her residence to the place of attendance, and returning by the usually traveled route between such points if his or her residence is within the state.
b. Traveling from the point where he or she crosses the state boundary to the place of attendance and returning by the usually traveled route between such points if his or her residence is outside the state.
2.
a. Except as provided in subd. 2. b., for an interpreter, the mileage rate set under s. 20.916 (8) for traveling from his or her residence to the place of attendance and returning by the usually traveled route between such points.
b. For an interpreter traveling to the place of attendance from his or her place of residence outside the state, the number of miles between the interpreter's residence and the point at which he or she crosses the state boundary for which the interpreter may receive reimbursement under this subdivision may not exceed 100 miles each way, following the usually traveled route between such points.
(2) A witness or interpreter is entitled to fees only for the time he or she is in actual and necessary attendance as such; and is not entitled to receive pay in more than one action or proceeding for the same attendance or travel on behalf of the same party. A person is not entitled to fees as a witness or interpreter while attending court as an officer or juror. An attorney or counsel in any cause may not be allowed any fee as a witness or interpreter therein.
History: 1981 c. 317; 1987 a. 27; 1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2009 a. 28; 2013 a. 20.
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