Mileage and witness fees of witness summoned to another state - Failure to appear - Penalty
N.D. Cent. Code § 31-03-27
in effect31-03-27. Mileage and witness fees of witness summoned to another state - Failure to
appear - Penalty.
If the witness who is summoned as provided in section 31-03-25, after being paid or
tendered by some properly authorized person the sum of ten cents a mile for each mile, by the
ordinarily traveled route to and from the court where the prosecution is pending, and five dollars
for each day that the witness is required to travel and attend as a witness, fails without good
cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, the witness shall be punished in the
manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a
court of record in this state.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t31c03.pdf#nameddest=31-03-27Fetched: 10/16/2026