RS 13:4868: Transcription of testimony

The official court reporter, regularly or specially employed, shall take and transcribe the testimony taken in court, and the officer before whom testimony is taken under commission shall either take and transcribe the testimony or have it taken and transcribed by a competent stenographer under oath for the faithful performance of his duty. The stenographer taking and transcribing the testimony, whether in court or taken under commission, shall make three copies thereof and shall file one copy in the record and deliver one copy to the plaintiff and one copy to the defendant, all certified by him to be correct.