---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 406.161"
title: "14"
number: "406.161"
heading: "Witness fees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/406.161"
---

# §406.161. Witness fees.

- (a) **General.** Unless otherwise authorized by the administrative law judge, the party who applies for a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness at a deposition or hearing, or the party at whose request a witness appears at a deposition or hearing, must pay the witness fees described in this section.
- (b) **Amount.** Except for an employee of the agency who appears at the direction of the agency, a witness who appears at a deposition or hearing is entitled to the same fees and mileage expenses as are paid to a witness in a court of the United States in comparable circumstances.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2001-8607, 66 FR 2180, Jan. 10, 2001, unless otherwise noted.