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The court's policy under California Rules of Court, rule 2.956, effective January 27, 2025: official court reporters are provided in felony criminal cases, juvenile, writ of habeas corpus and Lanterman-Petris-Short Act matters and other proceedings in which one is mandated by law, and are not available for infractions, small claims, limited and unlimited civil cases, civil petitions, family law or probate cases or Appellate Division hearings; a verbatim record in misdemeanor cases on request before each hearing; requests by a civil party with a fee waiver at least 10 calendar days before the trial or hearing on form FW-020; electronic recording of traffic court trials and unlawful detainer proceedings; the Court-Approved List of Official Reporters Pro Tempore and stipulated pro tempore reporters, at the parties' expense; reporting notes as official records of the court; and the supersession of General Administrative Order No. 2024-8.
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[File stamp: FILED, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, DEC 30 2024, with a deputy clerk's handwritten signature] SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE IN RE: COURT REPORTER AVAILABILITY AND NON-AVAILABILITY ORDER NO.: 2024-16 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 2.956, each trial court must adopt and post in the clerk’s office a local policy enumerating the departments in which the services of official court reporters are normally available, and the departments in which the services of official court reporters are not normally available during regular court hours. If the services of official court reporters are normally available in a department only for certain types of matters, those matters must be identified in policy. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: Official court reporters are provided in felony criminal cases, juvenile, writ of habeas corpus matters, Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS), and any other proceedings in which an official court reporter is mandated by law. At the court’s discretion, court reporters may be provided when available. The Notice of Availability of Official Court Reporting Services identifies availability and unavailability of official court reporters for each department and is available on the court’s website. Official court reporters will not be available for infractions, small claims, limited civil cases, unlimited civil, civil petitions, family law or probate cases. Official court reporters will not be provided for hearings in the Appellate Division. A verbatim record in misdemeanor cases is available if requested prior to the commencement of each hearing. In civil cases, as defined in California Rules of Court rule 2.956(e)(1)¹, a party who has received a fee waiver pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 3.55 may request an official court reporter pursuant to California Rules of Court rule 2.956(b)(3) at least 10 calendar days prior to a trial or hearing by submitting Judicial Council Form FW-020. The court, for good cause, may shorten or waive the 10-day requirement. The clerk will notify the party as soon as possible if no official court reporter will be available. Given the general unavailability of official court reporters, final notice of the availability of a court reporter may not be known until the day of the hearing. ¹ Civil cases include all matters other than criminal and juvenile matters. The Riverside County Superior Court provides electronic recording services for traffic court trials and in unlawful detainer proceedings. If an official reporter is unavailable to report an action or proceeding, the court may order electronic recording if allowed by Government Code § 69957(a). A Court-Approved List of Official Reporters Pro Tempore (“List”) is posted on the court’s website. The List includes names and contact information of reporters who may be privately retained and appointed as official court reporters pro tempore without stipulation of the parties. Alternatively, by stipulation, parties may privately retain a certified shorthand reporter not on the List to serve in a proceeding as an official court reporter pro tempore where an official court reporter is not available. In addition to the List, the court will also post on its public website the Policy for Inclusion on the List of Official Court Reporters Pro Tempore (“Policy for Inclusion on the List”). Parties will be responsible for all fees and costs related to pro tempore court reporter services arranged under the foregoing provisions. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.956(c).) The reporting notes of all certified shorthand reporters, including reporters who are privately retained, are the official records of the court and shall be kept by the reporter taking the notes in a place designated by the court, or, upon order of the court, delivered to the clerk of the court. (Gov. Code, § 69955(a).) The court’s policy for providing the court with electronic notes will be posted on the court’s website. It is the court’s expectation that court reporters will provide realtime reporting services upon request. This policy supersedes the court’s General Administrative Order No. 2024-8, entitled Court Reporter Availability and Non-Availability dated January 12, 2024. All forms, policies, and additional information is available on the court’s website at www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/divisions/court-reporter-info This order is effective as of January 27, 2025. IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: Dec. 27, 2024 JUDITH C. CLARK Presiding Judge COURT REPORTER AVAILABILITY AND NON-AVAILABILITY [The caption's left cell (IN RE: ...) is set before its right cell (ORDER NO.: 2024-16 / GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER). The date "Dec. 27, 2024" is handwritten (the third digit of the year is written over); the order is signed above the printed name. The footnote is set after the paragraph that carries its mark (it prints at the foot of page 2). A faint, illegible grey trace follows the web address on page 3 and is not transcribed. The running footer is transcribed once; line and page numbers are omitted. Pages 1-2 are image-only scans; page 3 is an Acrobat ClearScan page whose text layer reads "fonns" and "infonnation" where the traced print reads "forms" and "information".]
[File stamp: FILED, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, DEC 30 2024, with a deputy clerk's handwritten signature] SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE IN RE: COURT REPORTER AVAILABILITY AND NON-AVAILABILITY ORDER NO.: 2024-16 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 2.956, each trial court must adopt and post in the clerk’s office a local
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-02 (California T3 Riverside build 2026-10-02) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-riverside/docs/reporter/crtreporter-availability-order.pdf (1344607 bytes, sha256 e8f9eb3362a57b0be8c2b87fa0a06be95a2f0c5da156ce72aab13dd72e80eaa3; 3 pages) - transcribed by eye from the rendered page images (200 dpi), every page read against its image; RapidOCR's reading of each page, and the file's own text layer where it has one, served only as second readers - every six-word window of the transcription was looked up in them and every miss checked on the page image (custody vision/check-log.md); the clerk's file stamp in one bracketed line, handwritten fills in place with a closing bracketed note, running footers transcribed once, pleading line numbers omitted; a signature itself is not transcribed. This file: page 3 is an Acrobat ClearScan page; its traced print read where the text layer and RapidOCR misread “forms” and “information”.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.