Rule 10.040 Settlement of the Record

If you think the official court record has a mistake in it, you have 7 days after the record is filed to ask the court to fix it. This request is called a "motion to correct the record."

If nobody files this kind of motion within the 7-day window, the record automatically becomes final, or "settled," just as it is. But if you do file a motion to correct it, the judge will look at what needs to be fixed and set a deadline for making those changes.

Once the corrected version is filed with the court administrator, that becomes the final, settled record. This process makes sure everyone agrees the record is accurate before it gets used later in the case, like for an appeal.