Narrative Report

Generally

• The party seeking review may prepare a narrative report of proceedings.
• A party preparing a narrative report must exercise the party’s best efforts to include a fair and accurate statement of the occurrences in the trial court that are germane to the issues on review.
• A party preparing a narrative report must exercise the party’s best efforts to include evidence introduced in the trial court that is germane to the issues on review.
• If any party prepares a verbatim report of proceedings, that report will be used as the report of proceedings for the review.
• A narrative report of proceedings may be prepared if either the court reporter’s notes or the videotape of the proceeding being reviewed are lost or damaged.

Timeline

If the party seeking review intends to provide a verbatim report of the proceedings, the party should arrange for transcription of and payment for an original and one copy of the report within 45 days after the notice of appeal was filed or discretionary review was granted.

Fee/ Cost

A party must, after serving a statement of arrangements, pay costs of the verbatim report of proceedings at the time the verbatim report of proceedings is ordered. Failing to do so may result in sanctions as provided in RAP 18.9.

Content

A party preparing a narrative report must exercise the party’s best efforts to include a fair and accurate statement of the occurrences in and evidence introduced in the trial court material to the issues on review. If any party prepares a verbatim report of proceedings, that report will be used as the report of proceedings for the review.

The court reporter or other authorized transcriber shall include at the beginning of each volume of the narrative report a title page and table of contents.

The title page shall include:

• Case name,
• Trial court and appellate cause numbers,
• Dates of hearings,
• Trial court judges,
• Names of attorneys at trial,
• Name, business address, and telephone number of each court reporter or other authorized transcriber.

The table of contents shall follow the title page and shall indicate where the following appear:

• Proceedings
• Testimony
• Exhibits
• Argument
• Instructions
• Multiple Days

Format Specifications: Same as verbatim report, see RAP 9.2, 9.3.

Corresponding RAP Rules: 9.2, 18.9.

Form: No.