General Orders of Division II

RESCINDED - 2013-2 Modifying Filing Procedures for Reports of Proceedings for Pierce County Court Reporters (Rescinded)

General Order 2013-2

In Re General Order To Modify Filing Procedures For Reports Of Proceedings For Pierce County Court Reporters 

            WHEREAS RAP 9.5(a) requires that the verbatim reports of proceedings be filed with the clerk of the trial court, and

            WHEREAS there is a proposed rule change before the Court Management Council and Board for Judicial Administration to modify RAP 9.5(a) to require that reports of proceedings be filed at the appellate court rather than at the clerk of the trial court, and

            WHEREAS the Pierce County Clerk’s office requires that all documents filed with it be scanned and stored into the Clerk’s Office court records, and

            WHEREAS the Pierce County Clerk’s Office and Pierce County Court Reporters are in agreement that it is in the interest of both that the reports of proceedings be filed directly with the Court of Appeals, Division 2, now therefore, it is hereby

            ORDERED that RAP 9.5(a) be modified to require that all Pierce County court reporters file an electronic copy of the reports of proceedings in portable document format (.pdf) using Division 2’s Clerk’s Office Filing Portal, found at http://www.courts.wa.gov/jis/?fa=jis.coaFilingForm&div=2, and the filing of the electronic copy is the official filing date of the transcripts for the purpose of filing and sanction deadlines.  It is further

            ORDERED that RAP 9.5(b) be modified to require that at the time of filing of the electronic copy at Division 2, the court reporter shall file notice of the filing “on all other parties and the trial court clerk’s office.”  (Emphasis added)  It is further

            ORDERED that the original paper copy of the transcript be filed with Division 2’s clerk’s office within 15 days of the date the electronic copy is filed.  Failure to do so will subject the court reporter to sanctions as if the reports of proceedings have not been filed.  RAP 9.5(b).  It is further

            ORDERED that this order shall be effective June 10, 2013

            DATED this 3rd day of June 2013.