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Rule 16 (subdivisions A to C): a party’s right to arrange, at the party’s own expense, for a court reporter when an official court reporter is not available (Government Code Section 68086, California Rules of Court, rule 2.956) (16(A)); the policy applies to hearings and trials in the Civil, Family, and Probate Divisions, court reporters provided by the Court in all mandated proceedings (criminal felony, juvenile dependency, juvenile delinquency, and family law matters where an official court reporter is mandated) (16(B)); and parties retaining a reporter to file form LSC-MIS-200, Request for Appointment of Official Reporter Pro Tempore, at least 5 days prior to the hearing, the Judicial Officer to sign the order appointing the reporter before the reporter may report the proceeding, the reporter agrees to have a valid, current California Certified Shorthand Reporter License, to upload notes within 48 hours and to be available for read-back within 30 minutes during a jury trial, all fees the responsibility of the party or parties who arranged the services, only one official record (Code of Civil Procedure Section 273), fees paid directly to the court reporter, and transcripts of an official reporter pro tempore treated identically to those of official reporters (16(C)).
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RULE OF COURT NO. 16 PRIVATELY RETAINED OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER PRO TEMPORE A. PURPOSE. A party has the right to arrange, at the party’s own expense, for the services of a court reporter if the services of an official court reporter are not available for a proceeding. (Government Code Section 68086 and California Rules of Court, rule 2.956). This document established the policy for a party arranging for a privately retained court reporter when an official court reporter is not available and established requirements for qualifying as an official reporter pro tempore. B. APPLICATION OF THIS POLICY. This policy applies to hearings and trials in the Civil, Family, and Probate Divisions in unlimited civil matters, limited civil matters to the extent not electronically recorded, and probate matters. Court reporters will be provided by the Court in all mandated proceedings, including in the following cases: criminal – felony; juvenile dependency; juvenile delinquency; and family law matters where an official court reporter is mandated, such as requests to withdraw consent to an adoption, child testimony in chambers, and petitions to free a minor from parental care and control. C. POLICY. (1) If the services of an official court reporter are not available for a proceeding, a party may privately arrange for court reporter services at the party’s own expense, pursuant to Government Code Section 68086 and California Rules of Court, rule 2.956. (2) A party must make arrangements for a privately retained court reporter in advance of the proceeding if the party wishes the proceedings to be reported. Parties retaining a reporter must file form LSC-MIS-200, Request for Appointment of Official Reporter Pro Tempore with the court at least 5 days prior to the hearing unless the Court orders otherwise. If the judicial officer has not received the Request in time to approve it before the hearing, the Court has the discretion to deny the request. (a) When a party arranges for a reporter, the reporter must be appointed as an official reporter pro tempore before the hearing begins. Every reporter must complete and sign sections 1, 2, and 3 of the LSC-MIS-200, Request for Appointment of Official Reporter Pro Tempore. (b) The Judicial Officer must sign the order appointing the reporter as an official reporter pro tempore, using the LSC-MIS-200, Request for Appointment of Official Reporter Pro Tempore, before the reporter may report the proceeding. (3) By signing the Request for Appointment of Official Reporter Pro Tempore, the reporter agrees to the following: (a) The reporter has a valid, current California Certified Shorthand Reporter License and is in good standing with the Court Reporters Board of California. (b) The reporter is not a current full-time employee of the court and appointment as an Official Reporter Pro Tempore will not interfere with the reporter’s obligations as a court employee. (c) The reporter will provide current contact information with the court. (d) All fees for reporting services, including appearance, transcript, and real-time fees, are the responsibility of the party or parties who arranged for the reporter services and may not be charged to the court. (e) The reporter will comply with statutes and rules applicable to official reporters pro tempore, including the duty to timely prepare transcripts, including those for appeals, in the proper form. (f) The reporter will demonstrate the highest standards of ethics and impartiality in the performance of his/her duties. (g) The reporter will comply with the court’s requirements regarding uploading electronic archiving of notes within 48 hours of the date of the proceedings except in extenuating circumstances and is approved in advance by the Operations Supervisor or make other arrangements if the only notes are in paper form. (h) The reporter will follow directions from the court and will be subject to the jurisdiction of the court to the same extent as an official reporter. (i) The reporter will be available for read-back of notes taken during a jury trial within 30 minutes of the court’s request. (j) If providing real-time reporting or other litigation support services, the reporter is responsible for providing and connecting the necessary equipment. (4) Additional Information for Parties and Reporters (a) Only One Official Record. There can be only one official record of court proceedings, and only a reporter appointed by the court may report a court proceeding. (Code of Civil Procedure Section 273; Government Code Sections 70043 and 70044; Redwing v. Moncravie (1934) 138 Cal. App. 432,434.) Only one reporter will be allowed to report a court proceeding at any given time. If the parties cannot agree on a reporter, the judicial officer will make the selection. The transcript may not be modified except on court order. (b) Payment for Official Reporter Pro Tempore Services. The party arranging for an official reporter pro tempore is responsible for paying the reporter’s fees, although the parties may arrange to share the fees at terms the parties negotiate. (California Rules of Court, rule 2.956(c).) All fees must be paid directly to the court reporter. (c) Transcripts. (i) The judicial officer may order any party who arranges for the transcription of proceedings by the official reporter pro tempore to lodge a copy of the transcript with the court. (Code of Civil Procedure Section 128(a).) (ii) Transcripts produced by an official reporter pro tempore will be treated, for court purposes, identically to transcripts prepared by official reporters. Reporting notes of an official reporter pro tempore are official records of the court. (Government Code Section 69955(a).) The notes of an official reporter pro tempore, when transcribed and certified, are prima facie evidence of the testimony and proceedings. (Code of Civil Procedure Section 273(a).) (iii) Certified transcripts are admissible as evidence to the extent otherwise permitted by law. Transcripts prepared by a privately retained certified shorthand reporter appointed by the court as an official reporter pro tempore are admissible as evidence to the extent otherwise permitted by law. (Code of Civil Procedure Section 273(a).) (Effective 7/1/22)
RULE OF COURT NO. 16 PRIVATELY RETAINED OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER PRO TEMPORE A. PURPOSE. A party has the right to arrange, at the party’s own expense, for the services of a court reporter if the services of an official court reporter are not available for a proceeding. (Government Code Section 68086 and California Rules of Court, rule 2.956). This document established the policy for a party arrangi
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Lassen build 2026-10-12) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-lassen/docs/local-rules/local-rules-court-effective-july-1-2026.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LASSEN LOCAL RULES OF COURT Effective July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-12; 902440 bytes, sha256 b04136070555eb679f27e6020412087f261a95fe203b285fa7225070791bc2b4; 112 pages; this rule PDF pages 82 to 84, printed pages 82 to 84) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 5 to 100, printed 5 to 100) composed as one text and cut at the nineteen headings “RULE OF COURT NO. 1” to “RULE OF COURT NO. 19”, each matched once as a whole line (a rule may begin mid-page); the running header of every page (“Superior Court of California, County of Lassen”) and its running footer (“Local Rules of Court”, “Rev. 7/1/26”, “www.Lassen.Courts.CA.gov” and the page number), each named and a whole line in its band, removed as chrome - 480 chrome lines; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's heading and title, each numbered rule (“6.1 TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE RULE.”), each lettered or numbered subdivision starting a line, a line in capitals ending its paragraph, and each history line (“(Effective ...)”) on a line of its own; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-12.txt) finds no struck run on the book's 112 pages; no table on the rule pages; 9 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: Rule 1's “At-Issue” / “Memorandum” sentence rejoined; Rule 7(B)'s excepted case types set row by row, their cells left to right; Rule 15.7(c)'s complaint addresses and Rule 19.3(g)'s claims address each set one printed line to a line; two pairs of Rule 19.4(a)'s fee lines set apart); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-12.txt and review/book-audits-after-fixes-2026-10-12.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - the rest kept as printed (list items without closing punctuation, the run-in bold headings of Rule 19.4(b) and (d), the “OR” lines between alternatives); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover (PDF page 1), the table of contents (2 to 4), the alphabetical subject index (101 to 110) and the two appendices of local forms (111 and 112) belong to no card.
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.