Fla. Stat. 92.142
Witnesses; pay

(1)

Witnesses in all cases, civil and criminal, in all courts, now or hereafter created, and witnesses summoned before any arbitrator or general or special magistrate appointed by the court shall receive for each day’s actual attendance $5 and also 6 cents per mile for actual distance traveled to and from the courts. A witness in a criminal case required to appear in a county other than the county of his or her residence and residing more than 50 miles from the location of the trial shall be entitled to per diem and travel expenses at the same rate provided for state employees under s. 112.061, in lieu of any other witness fee.

(2)

An employee of the state who is required, as a direct result of employment, to appear as an official witness to testify in the course of any action in any court of this state, or before an administrative law judge, a hearing officer, hearing examiner, or any board or commission of the state or of its agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions, shall be considered to be on duty during such appearance and shall be entitled to per diem and travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061. Except as provided in s. 92.141 and as provided in this subsection, such employee shall be required to tender to the employing agency any witness fee and other expense reimbursement received by the employee for such appearance.

(3)

Any witness subpoenaed to testify on behalf of the state in any action brought pursuant to s. 895.05 or chapter 542 who is required to travel outside his or her county of residence and more than 50 miles from his or her residence, or who is required to travel from out of state, shall be entitled to per diem and travel expenses at the same rate provided for state employees under s. 112.061 in lieu of any state witness fee.

Source: Section 92.142 — Witnesses; pay, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0092.­142 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

92.05
Final judgments and decrees of courts of record 92.06
Judgments and decrees of United States District Courts 92.07
Judgments and decrees of this state 92.08
Deeds and powers of attorney of record for 20 years or more 92.09
Effect of reversal, etc., of judgment or successful attack on deed 92.13
Certified copies of records of certified copies 92.14
United States deeds and patents and copies thereof 92.16
Certificates of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund respecting the ownership, conveyance of, and other facts in connection with public lands 92.17
Effect of seal of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund 92.18
Certificate of state officer 92.19
Portions of records 92.20
Certificates issued under authority of Congress 92.21
Certificate as to sanitary condition of buildings 92.23
Rule of evidence in suits on fire policies for loss or damage to building 92.24
Certain tax deeds prima facie evidence of title 92.25
Records destroyed by fire 92.26
Records destroyed by fire 92.27
Records destroyed by fire 92.28
Records destroyed by fire 92.29
Photographic or electronic copies 92.30
Presumption of death 92.31
Missing persons and persons imprisoned or interned in foreign countries 92.32
Official findings and reports 92.33
Written statement concerning injury to person or property 92.38
Comparison of disputed writings 92.39
Evidence of individual’s claim against the state in suits between them 92.40
Reports of building, housing, or health code violations 92.50
Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments 92.51
Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments 92.52
Affirmation equivalent to oath 92.53
Videotaping the testimony of a victim or witness under age 18 or who has an intellectual disability 92.54
Use of closed-circuit television and audio-video communication technology in proceedings involving a victim or witness under the age of 18 or who has an intellectual disability 92.55
Special protections in proceedings involving victim or witness under 18, person with intellectual disability, or sexual offense victim 92.56
Judicial proceedings and court records involving sexual offenses and human trafficking 92.57
Termination of employment of witness prohibited 92.60
Foreign records of regularly conducted business activity 92.70
Eyewitness identification 92.141
Law enforcement employees 92.142
Witnesses 92.143
Compensation to traffic court witnesses 92.151
Witness compensation 92.153
Production of documents by witnesses 92.231
Expert witnesses 92.233
Compensation of witness summoned in two or more criminal cases 92.251
Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act 92.295
Copies of voter registration records 92.351
Prohibition against prisoners submitting nondocumentary physical evidence without authorization of court 92.525
Verification of documents 92.561
Prohibition on reproduction of child pornography 92.565
Admissibility of confession in sexual abuse cases 92.605
Production of certain records by Florida businesses and out-of-state corporations

Current through Fall 2025

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