Rule 7 (electronic record) Certification and Transmission of Record. [Electronic record

filings. See In re Final Rules, 2020 Ark. 421.]

(a) Certification. The clerk of the circuit court that entered the judgment, decree, or order from which the appeal is taken shall certify the clerk’s portion of the record as being a true and correct copy of the record as designated by the parties. The court reporter shall certify the court reporter’s portion of the record as being a true and correct transcription of the proceedings as designated by the parties.

(b) Format. Records shall be in the electronic format identified below. However, any person proceeding pro se and any person with a disability or special need that prevents him or her from filing electronically shall be provided the record in conventional paper format unless he or she requests an electronic record. To the extent possible, conventional paper records shall be organized and paginated in the same manner as an electronic record.

(1) The record shall be saved as searchable and bookmarked portable document format (PDF) files. Bookmarks shall be made to each document in the record and at the beginning of each witness’s testimony.

(2) The PDF page numbers shall correspond to the record page numbers.

(3) If there is a transcribed portion of the record, that transcribed portion shall be saved and paginated as a separate PDF file pursuant to Rule 3-1(f) of the Rules of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.

(4) If either the circuit clerk’s portion or the court reporter’s portion of the electronic record is 30 megabytes or larger, that portion shall be divided into separate files for purposes of filing, and each file shall be less than 30 megabytes. The name of each PDF volume shall indicate the page numbers of the record contained in that volume.

(5) If the record contains exhibits or other items that cannot be digitized, those exhibits that were not digitized shall be filed conventionally, and the rest of the record shall be filed electronically and shall include a log describing those items that were not digitized.

(c) Transmission. After the record has been duly certified by the clerk, it shall be the responsibility of the appellant to electronically transmit such record to the clerk of the appellate court for filing and docketing. Any image alleged to be pornography shall be filed conventionally and not electronically. Pursuant to Administrative Order 21, any person proceeding pro se and any person with a disability or special need that prevents electronic filing shall be entitled to submit conventional paper filings.