{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-106.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-106.4","heading":"Duties of reporter - Methods – Unavailability of","body":"reporter - Transcripts.\n\nA. 1. The court reporter shall make a full reporting by means\n\nof stenographic hand, steno-mask or machine notes, or a combination\n\nthereof, of all proceedings, including the statements of counsel and\n\nthe court and the evidence, in trials and other judicial proceedings\n\nto which the court reporter is assigned by the appointing judge\n\nunless excused by the judge who is trying the case with the consent\n\nof the parties to the action. Nothing herein contained shall be\n\nconstrued to authorize the certification of persons as certified\n\nshorthand reporters who rely exclusively upon the steno-mask for\n\nreporting judicial proceedings, except as provided by law. A\n\nrefusal of the court to permit or to require any statement to be\n\ntaken down by the court reporter or transcribed after being taken\n\ndown, upon the same being shown by affidavit or other direct and\n\ncompetent evidence, to the Supreme Court, or other appellate court,\n\nshall constitute a denial of due process of law. The court reporter\n\nmay use an electronic instrument as a supplementary device.\n\n2. In any trial, hearing or proceedings, if no court reporter\n\nis available to the assigned judge:\n\na. the judge before whom the matter is being heard may\n\norder the proceedings electronically recorded and a\n\ntrial or proceedings may proceed without the necessity\n\nof a court reporter being present. Provided that if\n\nan official transcript is ordered then it shall be\n\nprepared by the official court reporter, or\n\nb. with approval of the judge, the parties may stipulate\n\nto the use of a freelance reporter and share the cost.\n\nIf ordered, the transcript shall be prepared by the\n\napproved reporter and shall be considered the official\n\ntranscript for all purposes.\n\nB. Upon request of either party in a civil or criminal case,\n\nthe reporter shall transcribe the proceedings in a trial or other\n\njudicial proceeding, or so much thereof as may be requested by the\n\nparty, certify to the correctness of the transcript, and deliver the\n\nsame in accordance with the rules of the Supreme Court. The fee for\n\nan original transcript shall be set by the Supreme Court. Two\n\ncopies of the original transcript shall be furnished without\n\nadditional charge. Each page shall be at least twenty-five lines to\n\nthe page and typed no fewer than nine characters to the typed inch.\n\nEach page shall be no more than double spaced and the margin on the\n\nleft side of the page shall be no more than one and one-half (1 1/2)\n\ninches and the margin on the right side of the page shall be no more\n\nthan one-half (1/2) inch from the edge of the paper. The format for\n\nall transcripts shall be prescribed by the Supreme Court. The fees\n\nfor making the transcript shall be paid in the first instance by the\n\nparty requesting the transcript and shall be taxed as costs in the\n\nsuit.\n\nWhen the judge on his or her own motion orders a transcript of\n\nthe reporter’s notes, the judge may direct the payment of charges\n\nand the taxation of the charges as costs in such manner as the court\n\ndeems appropriate. In a criminal action, if the defendant shall\n\npresent to the judge an affidavit that the defendant intends in good\n\nfaith to take an appeal in the case and that a transcript of the\n\nreporter’s notes is necessary to enable the defendant to prosecute\n\nthe appeal, and that he or she has not the means to pay for the\n\ntranscript, the court, upon finding that there is reasonable basis\n\nfor the averment, shall order the transcript made at the expense of\n\nthe district court fund. The format preparation, delivery and\n\nfiling of transcripts to be used in civil and criminal appeals may\n\nbe regulated by the Supreme Court.\n\nC. The court reporter shall file his or her records of the\n\nevidence and the proceedings taken in any case with the clerk of the\n\ncourt in which the case was tried.\n\nD. To the extent that it does not substantially interfere with\nof\n\nthe district court fund. The format preparation, delivery and\n\nfiling of transcripts to be used in civil and criminal appeals may\n\nbe regulated by the Supreme Court.\n\nC. The court reporter shall file his or her records of the\n\nevidence and the proceedings taken in any case with the clerk of the\n\ncourt in which the case was tried.\n\nD. To the extent that it does not substantially interfere with\n\nthe court reporter’s other official duties, the judge by whom a\n\nreporter is employed or to whom he or she is assigned may assign a\n\nreporter to secretarial or clerical duties arising out of official\n\ncourt operations.","path":["OK Code","Title 20"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os20.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"edab752b2cc49bbf036d07d015a185f5579e19c0b5efbe1d8a2738326b4bea36","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-106.3b","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-106.4a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}