Rule 5.04 Request for Preparation of Transcript
Court Operating Rule 5: Preserving the Record
Rule Text
(a) Upon receipt by the circuit clerk of a written request for preparation of a transcript from a case recorded by electronic sound recording, the clerk shall collect a deposit, if required, for the cost based upon the current statutory rate. The deposit shall be calculated, for each day of the recording requested to be transcribed, in one-half or full-day increments as applicable. The clerk shall then promptly order the transcript from the Office of State Courts Administrator or the official or certified court reporter. The deposit shall be accounted for by the clerk as other costs in the case. State agencies shall pay the costs of preparing transcripts unless otherwise provided by law. State agencies are not required to make an advance deposit.
(b) The Office of State Courts Administrator, an approved contractor, or an official or certified court reporter shall prepare all transcripts of cases recorded on electronic sound recordings.
(c) All Supreme Court rules applicable to the preparation, form, and content of transcripts prepared by an official or certified court reporter shall apply to transcripts prepared from electronic recording devices.
(d) Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 22.10, in all cases of homicide, a verbatim record of the testimony at the preliminary examination shall be made. It shall be transcribed upon the written request of the state or defendant. Costs for the preparation of a transcript shall be paid by the requesting party.
(e) All requests for the preparation of a transcript on appeal shall be made in the manner and within the time prescribed by Supreme Court Rule 81.12.
Amendment history: (Adopted December 29, 1978, effective January 2, 1979. Approved for publication August 21, 1995. Amended January 15, 1986, effective January 1, 1986; amended February 22, 2000, effective February 22, 2000; amended March 20, 2001, effective April 1, 2001; corrected October 9, 2001, effective January 1, 2002; amended June 1, 2004, effective July 1, 2004; amended September 3, 2019, effective September 3, 2019; amended July 7, 2026, effective July 7, 2026.)