Supreme Court of Missouri
en banc

In re:

(1) Repeal of subdivision (e) of subdivision 19.03, entitled "Duties of Official Court Reporters," of Court Operating Rule 19, entitled "Court Reporters," and in lieu thereof adoption of a new subdivision (e) of subdivision 19.03, entitled "Duties of Official Court Reporters."


1. It is ordered that effective July 1, 2017, subdivision 19.03(e) of Court Operating Rule 19 be and the same is hereby repealed and a new subdivision 19.03(e) adopted in lieu thereof to read as follows:

COURT OPERATING RULE 19 COURT REPORTERS

COURT OPERATING RULE 19.03 DUTIES OF OFFICIAL COURT REPORTERS


(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.

2. The state courts administrator shall provide copies of this order to every presiding circuit court judge and official court reporter and such other persons as the administrator deems appropriate.

3. It is ordered that notice of this order be published in the Journal of The Missouri Bar.

4. It is ordered that this order be published in the South Western Reporter.

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PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE
Chief Justice