HRS §835-8
Pay for witnesses held in custody
This section says that a witness held in jail because of a material witness order must be paid $20 for each day they are locked up. The county pays this money, and it is given when the witness is released or at other times the court chooses.
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The statute, as written — Material witness order; witness fee
A witness held in the custody of the chief of police as a result of a material witness order must be paid the sum of twenty dollars per day for each day of confinement in such custody. Such compensation is a county charge and is payable upon release of such material witness from custody or, in the discretion of the court, at any designated times or intervals during the confinement as the court may deem appropriate.
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