Description: The Appellate Advisory Committee proposes amending several rules relating to the format of reporter’s transcripts and borrowing the record on appeal. Code of Civil Procedure section 271 requires that as of January 1, 2023, a reporter’s transcript must be delivered in electronic form unless a party or person entitled to the transcript requests it in paper format. In recognition that most reporter’s transcripts will be in electronic form, this proposal would allow the transcripts to be in a single volume in most cases and would allow a party lending the record to another party to ask the court reporter to provide a read-only electronic copy of the reporter’s transcript to the borrowing party rather than sending its copy of the reporter’s transcript to the borrowing party. In addition, the proposal would clarify that, when it is submitted by a party in lieu of depositing the estimated cost of the transcript with the court, a certified transcript must comply with specified format requirements. This proposal originated with suggestions from the California Court Reporters Association.

Category: Appellate

Item Number: W23-02

Deadline: January 20, 2023

File: w23-02.pdf