Bucks Cnty. C.P. Rule 4007

Rules of Judicial Administration

Rule 4007. Request for Transcripts

(A) Requests for transcripts shall be set forth on the standardized Request for

Transcript Form available online at www.buckscounty.org/CourtServices. The

form is also available from the following offices: Prothonotary, Domestic

Relations Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts and the Register of Wills/Clerk of the

Orphans’ Court. Once completed, the Request for Transcript Form shall be

submitted to the Chief Court Reporter.

(1) A request for transcript may also be made by contacting the court reporter

present at the proceeding directly or by contacting the Chief Court Reporter by

telephone, in writing or by email

(2) A request for daily, same-day or expedited transcription shall be submitted to

the Chief Court Reporter at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled

proceeding. In the event of an emergency, a party may request, by oral motion, a

daily, same-day or expedited transcript. The request will be accommodated when

it is feasible for the court reporter to produce the transcript within the allotted

period of time, and upon approval of the trial judge and the Chief Court Reporter.

(B) Upon receiving a request for a transcript:

(1) the court reporter shall, within 24 hours of receipt of said request, determine

the number of copies being ordered by contacting all counsel and/or self-represented parties; and

(2) the court reporter shall send the ordering party or parties, via email or regular

mail, the standardized Transcript Order Form. The Transcript Order Form shall

include the estimated number of pages, the page rate and the estimated total cost of

the transcript.

(C) The requesting party or parties shall make a non-refundable deposit in the

amount of 95% of the estimated cost of the transcript. The deposit shall be paid by

money order, certified check or law firm check made payable to the County of

Bucks.

(1) The deposit, along with the completed and signed Transcript Order Form, shall

be delivered to the Court Administrator’s Office, 100 N. Main Street, Doylestown,

Pennsylvania, within seven (7) calendar days from the date of receipt of the

Transcript Order Form.

(D) The court reporter shall prepare the transcript upon direction of the Chief Court

Reporter.

(E) The court reporter shall notify all ordering parties and the Chief Court

Reporter upon completion of the transcript and provide the completed transcript to

the trial judge for signature.

(F) The court reporter shall deliver the original transcript to the appropriate filing

office and distribute copies to all ordering parties upon payment of any balance

owed.