Supreme Court Rules

§ 1-203.  Duties of reporter.

   The official reporter is charged with a duty to comply with any Supreme Court rule relating to official court reporters and with the duty of making, preserving, transcribing, and delivering a verbatim record of all proceedings in the court to which he or she is appointed in accordance with Neb. Ct. R. App. P. § 2‑105. Failure to comply with such rules may result in disciplinary action, including termination, by either the appointing judge or the Nebraska Supreme Court. In addition, the official reporter shall perform any other duties assigned by the appointing judge and shall:

   (A) On order of the trial judge, make and file in the clerk's office a typewritten transcription of any trial or proceedings, or any part thereof, without expense to any party to the suit; such transcription shall be a part of the records in the case. The court reporter shall receive from the appropriate governmental unit the compensation specified below in § 1-218 for any such transcription ordered by a judge.

   (B) Upon request of counsel or any party to a suit, furnish to such counsel or party, as expeditiously as possible, a typewritten transcription of any trial or proceedings, or any portion thereof. The reporter shall receive the compensation specified below in § 1-218 for any such transcription, except that when expedited, daily, or real-time delivery is requested, the reporter and the requesting party may mutually agree to an amount to be paid for delivery of such transcription. Counsel or any party shall make satisfactory arrangements with the reporter for payment. All work involved with the preparation of such transcription shall be considered freelance activity subject to § 1-211.

   (C) Upon request of any person not a party to a suit, if so approved by the trial judge, furnish to such person, as expeditiously as possible, a typewritten transcription of any trial or proceedings, or any portion thereof. All work involved with the preparation of such transcription shall be considered freelance activity subject to § 1-211. The compensation and payment therefor shall be as prescribed in § 1-203(B).

   (D) All verbatim transcriptions shall be certified by the reporter to be true and correct.

Rule 3(A), (B), and (C) amended June 19, 1996; Rule 3 amended June 5, 2002; Rule 3(A) and (B) amended June 22, 2005; Rule 3(B) amended February 15, 2006. Renumbered and codified as § 1-203, effective July 18, 2008.