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Rules Governing the Procedure for Making a Record of Civil and Criminal Court Proceedings in the 56th District Court — Galveston County. The operative requirements are quoted verbatim from the governing document (registered/posted 08/25/2023); the document in custody is the controlling text.
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These rules govern the procedures in the 56th District Court in Galveston County in proceedings — including criminal and civil matters — in which a record is made by electronic audio or audio-visual recording, as well as appellate records prepared from such proceedings. No stenographic record shall be required of any proceedings that are electronically recorded. The Court shall designate one or more persons as court recorders, whose duties shall include: ensuring that the recording system is functioning properly throughout the proceeding and that a complete, distinct, clear and transcribable recording is made; making a detailed, legible log for all proceedings being recorded, indexed by date and location and showing the number and style of the proceeding, the correct name of each person speaking, the nature of the proceeding, the time of each event, and the offer, admission or exclusion of all exhibits; filing with the clerk the original log and exhibits after a proceeding ends, and within ten days delivering to the court a certified copy of the recording to be stored at the court; and storing or providing for storing of the electronic recording to ensure it is preserved as required by law and accessible.
Reviewer note: Operative provisions transcribed verbatim by vision-read of the registered scanned document (rasterized at 170-180 dpi and read this session); the registered document (sha256 0abe11d0995b…) is the controlling text.
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