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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 19-1625

THE COURTS

Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY

Administrative Order 2019-4 Adoption of Local Rule of Judicial Administration 4009—Court Reporting and Transcripts—Fees and Procedures; No. C-48-CV-2019-8723

[49 Pa.B. 6522]
[Saturday, November 2, 2019]

Administrative Order

 And Now, this 17th day of September, 2019, it is Ordered that Northampton County Local Rule of Judicial Administration 4009 is hereby Adopted, effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

 It is further Ordered that the Court Administrator of Northampton County shall file: one (1) certified copy of the Order and Northampton County Rule of Judicial Administration 4009 with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts; and two (2) certified copies with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. This Local Rule shall also be published on the Court's website and incorporated into the complete set of Northampton County Local Rules.

By the Court

MICHAEL J. KOURY, Jr., 
President Judge

Rule 4009. Court Reporting and Transcripts—Fees and Procedures.

(A) Procedures for requesting a transcript:

 (1) All requests for transcripts shall be set forth on the standardized form, Request for Transcript or Copy Form, available at https://www.nccpa.org/forms/court-administration

 (2) For an ordinary transcript, the party requesting a full or partial transcript of a trial or other court proceeding shall deliver the original Request for Transcript Form to the Office of the Court Administrator. Court Administration will, thereafter, serve a copy of same upon the Court Reporter(s) to whom the request applies.

 (3) The Court Reporter shall prepare the transcript upon full payment by the requesting party to the appropriate Court Reporter care of the Office of Court Administration.

 (4) The Court Reporter shall file the transcript and serve the requesting party with a copy of the transcript upon payment by the requesting party to the appropriate filing office.

 (5) If a party is requesting daily, expedited or same day transcripts, or provisions for secure electronic feed, the request for such transcripts or service shall be filed with the appropriate filing office at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled proceeding. Copies of the written request shall be delivered in accordance with subsection (2). Such requests will be accommodated only upon approval of the Presiding Judge and the Court Reporter.

(B) Economic hardship

 (1) Pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. 4008(B), a request to waive or reduce transcript fees shall be noted on the Request for Transcript Form and include a fully completed In Forma Pauperis Petition pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 240, even if IFP status was previously granted on the case.

 (2) Litigants who have been approved for representation by North Penn Legal Services or have approved IFP are not required to further prove economic hardship pursuant to section (B)(1) above; however; they must attach to their Request for Transcript Form a letter of certification from North Penn Legal Services that the litigant meets financial eligibility and that the matter is under appeal or that the transcript being requested is necessary to advance the current litigation.

(C) Fees—original transcript—requesting party

 The fees payable for original transcripts and copies of transcripts shall be as outlined in Pa.R.J.A. No. 4008.

(D) Fees—additional costs

 The Presiding Judge may impose a reasonable surcharge in cases such as mass tort, medical malpractice, or other unusually complex litigation where there is a need for Court Reporters to significantly expand their dictionary. Such surcharges are at the discretion of the Presiding Judge.

(E) Fees—secure electronic feed

 The Presiding Judge may impose a reasonable surcharge in cases involving a secure electronic feed during the proceeding. Such surcharge is at the discretion of the Presiding Judge.

(F) Payment of fees

 All fees shall be made payable to the ''County of Northampton'' and shall be delivered to the Office of Court Administration for processing. No fees shall be paid directly to the Court Reporter or Transcriptionist.

(G) Rule as exclusive method to obtain, reproduce, distribute, or copy transcript of portion thereof

 No person shall obtain, reproduce, distribute, or copy any transcript or portion thereof except in accordance with this rule.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 19-1625. Filed for public inspection November 1, 2019, 9:00 a.m.]


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