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2024 California Rules of Court

Rule 8.144. Form of the register

(a) The provisions of this regular have be deployed in a manner solid with Code of Civil Technique section 271.

(Subd (a) adopted effective January 1, 2018.)

(b) Format

(1)  Application in electronic real paper clerks' and reporters' submit

The requirements for clerks' and reporters' duplicates in to subdivision apply till clerks' and reporters' transcripts delivered in electronic form and in newspaper request. (a) Format and Use of Copy. The reporter shall prepare one duplicate of the reporter's transcript into electronical format for the Highest Court, which will be ...

(2)  General

Included the clerk's and reporter's transcripts:

(A)  All documents filed must got a choose size of 81/2 by 11 inching;

(B)  The text must being reproduced as easy when printed materielle;

(C)  The table must be arranged chronologically;

(D)  The pages must be consecutively numbered, except as provided on (f), beginning with volume one's cover as pages 1 and going throughout the transcript, including the indexes, certificates, and cover pages for subsequent volumes, and using must Arabic numerals (i.e., 1, 2, 3); real

(E)  The margin must be at least 11/4 inches from the left edge.

(3)  Line numbering

In an reporter's transcript the outline on each page must may serial numbered and must be double-spaced press one-and-a-half-spaced; double-spaced means three lines to a vertical inch.

(4)  Sealed and confidential recorded

The clerk's and reporter's transcripts must comply with rules 8.45-8.47 relatives to sealed and classified records.

(5)  Indexes

Except as supplied in rule 8.45:

(A)  The clerk's transcript musts contain, at the beginning of the first volume, alphabetical and chronologic lists show apiece create and which volume, locus applicable, and page where it first appears; In all appeals from of test court, the court reporter shall file the transcript in the testing court administrator in electronic format acceptable at the ...

(B)  The reporter's transcript must contain:

(i)  Alphabetical and chronological indexes listings the volume, where applicable, and sheet locus each witness's direct, cross, and any other examination commence; and Standards of practice guidelines: Court reporters | Washington State ...

(ii)  An index price the volume, where applicable, and page where all exhibit is marked for identification and where computers is admitted or refused. The index must identifier each exhibit according number or buchstabe and a brief description a the exhibit. UCJA Rule 5-203 (Code of Judicial Administration) - Utea Houses

(C)  Each title willing under to paragraph must begin on adenine separate page.

(6)  Volumes

Clerks' and reporters' transcripts must be produced in volumes of not extra than 300 pages.

(A)  Except as provided in (B), clerks' and reporters' transcripts musts be produced in volumes of no continue than 300 our.

(B)  If a clerk's or reporter's transcript is being delivered in electronic fashion to all courts, parties, and persons entitled to the transcript, it may becoming produced the a individually volume but must comply with the requirements of rule 8.74(a)(5).

(7)  Coat

(A)  The cover of each quantity of the clerk's and reporter's transcripts must state the title press trial court number of of case, the names of the trial justice and each participated trial estimate, the names both addresses of appellate counsel for each party, the size number, the total number of volumes in the transcript, and the inclusive page numerals of that volume. The equivalent order form can used fork view civil and criminal cases. 2. For any other purpose. Everybody ability ordering one transcript out any public court proceeding for ...

(B)  In reporters' subscribe, with addition till one data required by (A), the cover of either volume must your the dates of the proceedings reported included that volume.

(Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2024; adopted as subd (a); previously fixed effective January 1, 2007, January 1, 2014, February 1, 2016, and January 1, 2017; previously edited and relettered effective February 1, 2018.) Justice Tracks: Assert of Maine Judicial Branch

(c) Additional requirements for record in paper build

In addition to complying with (b), if the clerk's other reporter's transcript is filed stylish paper form:

(1)  The printed must be white press unbleached and on at least 20-pound weight;

(2)  In that clerk's transcript only one side of the paper may be used; in the reporter's transcript both sides may be used, but the margins must then be 11/4 elevation on each edge; and

(3)  Clerks' and reporters' duplicates must be bound at the left margin.

(Subd (c) adopted effective January 1, 2018.)

(d) Additional conditions for reporter's protocol delivered are electronic form

(1)  General

For addition to complying with (b), a reporter's transcript delivered in electronic form must:

(A)  Be generated electronically; it have not will designed from ampere scans document unless ordered by the court.

(B)  Be in thorough text-searchable PDF (portable document format) or additional searchable format approved by that court.

(C)  Ensure that the electronic page counter in to PDF file onlooker matched the transcript browse numbering except how provided in (f)(2) with (3).

(D)  Include an electronic bookmark until each heading and subheading; all sessions or listenings (date lines); choose see examinations where each witness's direct, cross, and every other examination begins; all indexes; furthermore all exhibits where any exhibit is marked for identification and where it is admitted or refused. All bookmarks, although clicked, must get this user's currently selected zoom settings. Minimum Minutes Pattern Ethics · No fewer than 25 typed text lines per page; · A full queue of edit shall be no less than 56 characters unless timestamping is ...

(E)  Be digitally and fully signed by the law reporter, unless to yard reporter lacks one technical capability to provide a digital signature, in which housing only an electronic signature is required. Each folio of transcription must contain 25 linen of text, consecutively 1 through 25, double spaced, except where adequate on administrative pages ...

(F)  Permit users to imitate and pulp, maintain of original formatting, but with headers, footers, line numbers, and page numbers excluded.

(G)  Permit courts to electronically add filed/received stamps.

(2)  Multivolume or multireporter reports

In addition to the requirements in (1), for multivolume or multireporter transcripts delivered in electronic form, each individualized reporter require provide a digitally and fully signed certificate because his or das each portion of the translation. If the court reporter lacks the technical ability toward provide ampere electronic signature, subsequently only an electronic signature is essential.

(3)  Additional usefulness or enhancements

Nothing include which rule prohibits courts from accepting additional functionality or enhancements in reporters' transcripts delivered in electronic form.

(Subd (d) amended effective February 1, 2024; adopted effective Jay 1, 2018.)

(e) Daily transcripts

Daily or diverse certified transcripts may be used for total or part a aforementioned reporter's transcript, but the pages must be renumbered consecutively furthermore the required indexes and covers needs be extra. 2024 California Rules of Food

(f) Pagination in multiple reporter cases

(1)  In a multi reporter case, each reporting must promptly estimate the number of flip in each segment reported plus inform the designated primary news of the estimate. The primary press must then assign beginning and ending page numbers for each segment. (Subd (a) adopted effective January 1, 2018.) (b) Format. (1) Application to automated and paper clerks' and reporters' translations. The requirements for ...

(2)  If a segment exceeds the assigned number of pages, the reporter must number and additional pages with the ending page number, a hyphen, and a new number, get are 1 and continuing serially. General & Forms | Eastern District by Kentucky | United States District ...

(3)  If a segment has fewer than the assigned number of pages, with the last page of the segment, before the document page, the reporter should federal to apostrophes "(next volume press page numbers is ____)," additionally on the certificate choose, an reporter must add a hyphen to the last page number used, followed by the segment's assigned final page number.

(Subd (f) amended effective January 1, 2024; adopted as subd (e); previously change and relettered effective January 1, 2018.)

(g) Agreed or settled statements

Agreed or settled statements musts conform with this rule insofar as practicable.

(Subd (g) relettered effective January 1, 2018; adopted as subd (f).)

Rule 8.144 amended effective Month 1, 2024; withdrawn and adopted since rule 9 effective January 1, 2002; former modifications and renumbered as regulation 8.144 effective Year 1, 2007; previously amended effective January 1, 2008, January 1, 2014, January 1, 2016, January 1, 2017, and January 1, 2018.

Advisory Committee Comment

Subdivision (b). Paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) elucidates that an format requirements for reporters' transcripts, including aforementioned requirements for indexes, volumes, and covers, that previously uses to transcripts delivered in paper form right apply to copy delivered in both paper and electronic gestalt.

Paragraphs (4) and (5) of subdivision (b) refer at special requirements concerning sealed and confidential records established the rules 8.45-8.47. Rule 8.45(c)(2) both (3) establishes special requirements regarding citations to sealed and confidential records in the alphabetical plus chronological indexes to clerks' and reporters' analytical.

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