Court reporting personnel are charged with the duty to comply with any Nebraska Supreme Court rules relating to official court reporters and courtroom clerks and, in accordance with the specific terms of such employment and qualifications, with the duty of making, preserving, transcribing, and/or delivering a verbatim record of all proceedings in the court to which they are appointed in accordance with this section and Neb. Ct. R. App. P. § 2-105. Except as otherwise directed by the Nebraska Supreme Court, all digital recordings made by courtroom clerks or other court personnel as defined in § 1-204(A)(4) shall be outsourced for transcription to an official court reporter or privately contracted court transcribers who shall meet the minimum qualifications set forth in § 1-204(B), (C), or (D). Failure to comply with court rules may result in disciplinary action, including but not limited to termination, by the hiring and appointing judge, or the Nebraska Supreme Court. In addition, court reporting personnel shall perform any other duties assigned by the hiring and appointing judge or the Nebraska Supreme Court and shall, in accordance with the specific terms of such employment and qualifications:

   (A) On order of the trial judge, make or have made and file in the clerk's office a transcription of any trial or proceedings, or any part thereof, without expense to any party to the suit; such transcription shall be a part of the records in the case. An official court reporter or privately contracted court transcriber shall receive from the appropriate governmental unit the compensation specified below in § 1-218 for any such transcription ordered by a judge.

   (B) Upon request of counsel or any party to a suit, furnish to such counsel or party, as expeditiously as possible, a transcription of any trial or proceedings, or any portion thereof. An official court reporter or privately contracted court transcriber shall receive the compensation specified below in § 1-218 for any such transcription. Counsel or any party shall make satisfactory arrangements with the official court reporter or privately contracted court transcriber for payment. The time spent at such transcription shall not interfere with any other duties of the court reporting personnel.

   (C) Upon request of any person not a party to a suit, if so approved by the trial judge, furnish to such person or have prepared for such person, as expeditiously as possible, a transcription of any trial or proceedings, or any portion thereof. The time spent at such transcription shall not interfere with any other duties of the court reporting personnel. The compensation and payment therefor shall be as prescribed in § 1-203(B).

   (D) All verbatim transcriptions shall be certified by the person responsible for preparation of the verbatim transcription or the presiding judge to be true and correct.

   (E) The procedure for requesting and preparation of a transcription of any trial or proceeding in the district court shall be regulated and governed by these rules. Shorthand notes, audio recordings, log sheets, or any other material used in making the record in district court shall not be provided to the public except upon motion to the trial judge assigned to the case with a showing of good cause.

Rule 3(A), (B), and (C) amended June 19, 1996; Rule 3 amended June 5, 2002; Rule 3(A) and (B) amended June 22, 2005; Rule 3(B) amended February 15, 2006. Renumbered and codified as § 1-203, effective July 18, 2008; § 1-203 amended June 9, 2010; § 1-203(A)-(C) amended June 9, 2021, effective January 1, 2022; § 1-203 amended June 16, 2021, effective January 1, 2022; § 1-203(B) amended November 10, 2021, effective January 1, 2022; § 1-203 amended January 19, 2022.