Ind. Allen Cnty. Crim. Local Rule LR02-AR00-1

Section One. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply under this local rule:

(1) A Court Reporter is a person who is specifically designated by a court to

perform the official court reporting services for the court including preparing a

transcript of the record.

(2) Equipment means all physical items owned by the court or other governmental

entity and used by a court reporter in performing court reporting services. Equipment

shall include, but not be limited to, telephones, computer hardware, software

programs, disks, tapes, and any other device used for recording and storing, and

transcribing electronic data.

(3) Work space means that portion of the court’s facilities dedicated to each court

reporter, including but not limited to actual space in the courtroom and any

designated office space.

(4) Page means the page unit of transcript which results when a recording is

transcribed in the form required by Indiana Rule of Appellate Procedure 7.2.

(5) Recording means the electronic, mechanical, stenographic or other

recording made as required by Indiana Rule of Trial Procedure 74.

(6) Regular hours worked means those hours which the court is regularly

scheduled to work during any given work week. Depending on the particular court,

these hours may vary from court to court within the county but remain the same for

each workweek.

(7) Gap hours worked means those hours worked that are in excess of the regular

hours worked but hours not in excess of forty (40) hours per workweek.

(8) Overtime hours worked means those hours worked in excess of forty (40)

hours per work week.

(9) Work week means a seven (7) consecutive day week that consistently begins and

ends on the same days throughout the year; i.e. Sunday through Saturday, Wednesday

through Tuesday, Friday through Thursday.

(10) Court means the particular court for which the court reporter performs

services. Court may also mean all of the courts in Allen County.

(11) County indigent transcript means a transcript that is paid for from county funds

and is for the use on behalf of a litigant who has been declared indigent by a court.

(12) State indigent transcript means a transcript that is paid for from state funds and

is for the use on behalf of a litigant who has been declared indigent by a court.

(13) Private transcript means a transcript, including but not limited to a deposition

transcript that is paid for by a private party.

(14) Expedited transcript means a transcript which is requested to be prepared

within five (5) working days or less.

Section Two. Salaries and Per Page Fees

(1) Court Reporters shall be paid an annual salary for time spent working under the

control, direction and direct supervision of their supervising court during any regular

work hours, gap hours or overtime hours. The supervising court shall enter into a

written agreement with the court reporters which outlines the manner in which the

court reporter is to be compensated for gap and overtime hours; i.e. monetary

compensation or compensatory time off regular work hours.

(2) The maximum per page fee a court reporter may charge for the preparation of a

county indigent transcript, state indigent transcript and private practice transcript shall

be $5.75;and an expedited rate of $8.00 per page for expedited transcripts. The court

reporter shall submit a claim directly to the county for the preparation of any county

indigent transcripts.

(3) The maximum fee that a court reporter may charge for copies shall be $1.00 per

page.

(4) The minimum fee that a court reporter may charge for transcripts is$35.00.

(5) An additional labor charge approximating the hourly rate based upon the court

reporter’s annual court compensation may be charged for the time spent binding the

transcript and exhibits.

(6) Each court reporter shall report, at least on an annual basis, all transcript fees

received for the preparation of either county indigent, state indigent or private

transcripts to the Indiana Supreme Court Division of State Court Administration. The

reporting shall be made on forms prescribed by the Division of State Court

Administration.

Section Three. Private Practice.

If a court reporter elects to engage in private practice through the recording of a

deposition and/or preparing of a deposition transcript, and the court reporter desires to

utilize the court’s equipment, work space and supplies, and the court agrees to the use

of the court equipment for such purpose, the court reporter shall enter into a written

agreement which must, at a minimum, designate the following:

(a) The reasonable market rate for the use of equipment, work space andsupplies;

(b) The method by which records are to be kept for the use of equipment, work

space and supplies; and

(c) The method by which the court reporter is to reimburse the court for the

use of the equipment, work space and supplies.

Adopted as Rule 2, June 16, 1998, effective October 30, 1998. Amended March 15, 2002,

effective January 1, 2002; renumbered as Rule 1, and amended effective December

7, 2006; amended and adopted effective March 1, 2014. Amended effected May 27,

2016 and adopted effective July 1, 2016; amended and adopted April 1, 2018;

amended and adopted April 15, 2019.