As amended through June 4, 2024
Rule 19.03 - Duties of Official Court Reporters(a) Official court reporters shall attend all sessions of court under the direction of the circuit judge appointing the reporter and such other sessions of court to which the reporter is assigned.(b) Each official court reporter shall make a verbatim record of the oral evidence offered in causes tried under the direction of the circuit judge appointing the court reporter and in such other sessions of court to which the reporter is assigned, together with all objections to the admissibility of testimony, the rulings of the court thereon, and all exceptions taken to such rulings.(c) Each official court reporter shall preserve the notes, either printed or electronic, as utilized in the reporter's method of court reporting, for future use or reference and shall furnish to any person a transcript of all or any part of said evidence or oral proceedings upon payment to the reporter of the fee provided by law.(d) The court reporter who serves as official court reporter in any court proceeding shall be responsible for transcribing the notes from that proceeding upon receiving a request to furnish a transcript thereof regardless of whether the reporter is an official court reporter at the time the transcript is requested. The reporter shall receive the fee that is provided by law for preparation of the transcript. (e) For court reporters using paperless machines or those using electronic storage: (1) Within three months of each hearing, the court reporter shall deposit on the statewide electronic repository identified by the Office of State Courts Administrator referred to as the repository an electronic copy of all hearings. This is to include raw notes and audio, from either a stenographic record or a voice writer recording. Completed transcripts may also be stored on this repository.(2) The court reporter shall file an electronic log within three months of the hearings recorded. The log shall at a minimum include the date of the hearing, case number, style of the case and indicate whether or not a transcript has been prepared. Additional information may be included.(3) By July 1 of each year, each reporter shall file a copy of the reporter's dictionary on this repository. Adopted May 30, 1995; Amended Jan. 27, 2009, eff. 7/1/2009; Amended Feb. 15, 2017, effective 7/1/2017.