General Orders of Division I

General Order Re Procedures for Reports of Proceedings for Court Reporters and Transcribers*

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
DIVISION I

WHEREAS amended RAP 9.5(a)(2), effective September 1, 2015, requires that a verbatim report of proceedings (VRP) be filed with the appellate court in searchable portable document format (PDF), and 

WHEREAS the Court of appeals wishes to provide an efficient and prompt method for filing VRPs, it is hereby
 
ORDERED that Division I will waive the requirement that a paper copy of the VRP be filed with the appellate court in cases in which a Qualifying Electronic Copy of the VRP is filed using Division l's Electronic Filing Portal. The filing of a Qualifying Electronic Copy shall be the official filing date of the transcript for the purpose of filing and sanction deadlines.|
 
A Qualifying Electronic Copy of the VRP must meet all of the following format, filing, and service requirements: 

1.    The transcript "volumes" must be transmitted in 500-page increment files and be in searchable PDF format.
2.    The PDF file must have bookmarks added to the Adobe file that mirror the Table of Contents.
3.    Service on the party requesting the VRP in the filed Statement of Arrangements must be made using the Court's web portal system.
4.    Notice must be included in the web portal comment that no paper copy will be filed.

This order shall be effective July 1, 2019. 

Dated this 1st day of July, 2019.

FOR THE COURT                                                                                       Marlin J. Appelwick
                                                                                                                     Chief Judge