Proposed Rules Archives

• Proposed Changes to RAP 9.2 - Verbatim Report of Proceedings (in Word Format)
• Comments Received for RAP 9.2 - Verbatim Report of Proceedings

Purpose:

This proposed addition is needed because some courts may interpret the addition of transcriptionists in RAP 9.2 as giving them discretion to prevent certified court reporters from preparing verbatim reports of proceedings. That would be a mistake and fundamentally inconsistent with the Court Reporting Practice Act (CRPA). However, at least one superior court — Clark County — is already preventing certified court reporters from preparing verbatim reports of proceedings from electronically recorded trials. If the practice in Clark County is allowed to spread, it will turn the CRPA on its head by preventing the individuals specifically licensed by the State to create verbatim records from actually doing so.