Supreme Court of Missouri
en banc

In re:

Adoption of a new subdivision (e) of subdivision 19.03, entitled “Duties of Official Court Reporters," of Court Operating Rule 19, entitled "Court Reporters.”

1.  It is ordered that effective July 1, 2009, subdivision 19.03(e) of Court Operating Rule 19 be and the same is hereby adopted to read as follows:

COURT OPERATING RULE 19.03  DUTIES OF OFFICIAL COURT REPORTERS


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(e) For court reporters using paperless machines or those using electronic storage:

(1) Within six months of each hearing, the court reporter shall provide the circuit clerk's office an electronic copy on media certified by the vendor as archival quality or shall place a copy of the hearing on a court-owned electronic repository.  Multiple hearings can be stored on one archival quality media device.

(2) With the updates, the court reporter shall file an electronic log of the hearings recorded (date, time, description of case, case number).

(3) By July 1 of each year, each reporter shall file a copy of the reporter's dictionary with the circuit clerk's office on an archival quality media certified by the vendor or shall place a copy on a court owned electronic repository.

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

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

4.  The state courts administrator shall provide copies of this order to each circuit judge, certified court reporter, and such other persons as the administrator deems appropriate.

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LAURA DENVIR STITH
Chief Justice