Handbook for Official Court Reporters - Kansas Judicial Branch

Rule 353
No official court reporter shall be related by blood or marriage to the judge of the
division of court in which the reporter is employed or assigned.
Rule 354
It shall be the duty of the official court reporter to attend upon the sessions of court
to which the reporter is assigned when required by the judge thereof or by the chief
judge. The official court reporter shall take verbatim notes of the proceedings tried before
the court as the judge thereof shall direct. Such notes shall be taken on a machine with
read-back capability. The judge shall cause to have entered on the appearance/trial
docket the name of the court reporter taking verbatim notes of any such proceedings.
[History: Am. effective May 11, 1995; Am. effective January 3, 2006.]
Case Annotations
1. Failure to make a record is not automatically reversible error. State v. Daniels, 2
Kan. App. 2d 603, 608-09,586 P.2d 50 (1978).
2. Guidelines for furnishing oftranscripts of preliminary examinations stated.
State v. Hornbeak, 221 Kan. 397, 402, 559 P.2d 385 (1977).
Rule 355
The official court reporter or anyone acting in that capacity must file all original
verbatim notes and any electronic representation of those notes, including audio or .wav
files, if applicable, in the office of the clerk of the court, along with all exhibits admitted
into evidence and retained by the reporter. Notes backed up and stored electronically on a
judicial district's network computer server--in a format readable by non-reporter
software--may be substituted for the original. The notes and exhibits must remain a part
of the files in the office of the clerk until further order of the court.
[History: Am. effective January 10, 1995; Am. effective January 3, 2006; Am. effective
October 24, 2011.]
Rule 356
Each official court reporter shall receive from any person ordering a transcript
from his or her official notes a reasonable fee based on rates fixed by the State Board of
Examiners of Court Reporters with the approval of the Supreme Court. Upon payment or
tender of the fees therefor, the official court reporter shall furnish the transcript requested.
Preparation of transcripts for use in an appeal shall be governed by Rule 3.03.
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