General Orders of Division II

RESCINDED - 2020-2 Procedures for Court Reporters and Transcribers (Rescinded)

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, DIVISION II

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 Division II wishes to provide an efficient and prompt method for filing VRPs, it is hereby

ORDERED:

I. General Order 2015-1--To Modify Procedures for Reports of Proceedings for Court
Reporters and Transcribers dated August 21, 2015 is rescinded,
2. Division ll will waive the requirement that a paper copy of the VRP be filed with the
appellate coutt in cases in which a Qualifying Electronic Copy of the VRP is filed using
Division II's Clerk's Office 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 February 28, 2020.

DATED this 25th day of February, 2020.

FOR THE COURT

BRADLEY MAXA

CHIEF JUDGE