(A) Any person who does not have access to the court-authorized service provided, may inspect the electronic transcript and bill of exceptions at the office of the clerk of the trial court at the computer terminal provided. Confidential or sealed records shall not be inspected except by leave of the court. Paper copies of a transcript or bill of exceptions shall not be printed by the clerk unless the requestor pays for a copy of the requested record.

   If a litigant has been allowed to proceed in forma pauperis in the action in which the request for a record has been made, a copy shall be printed by the clerk at no cost to the litigant. Except for good cause show, any additional copies of the transcript and/or the bill of exceptions once provided to a litigant on an in forma pauperis basis shall be prepared at the litigant's costs.

   (B) When a request is made to the clerk of the district court for a transcript of pleadings by or on behalf of any incarcerated person for that person's case on appeal, the clerk of the trial court shall print  a copy to be sent to the incarcerated person at the correctional center where he or she resides. The cost shall be paid by the person making the request unless the person has been allowed to proceed in forma pauperis in the action in which the request for a record has been made. Except for good cause shown, any additional copies of the transcript once provided to a litigant on an in forma pauperis basis shall be prepared at the litigant's cost.

   (C) When a request is made by or on behalf of any incarcerated person for a copy of a bill of exceptions for that person's case on appeal, the clerk shall print a copy at the prescribed rate for copies and send it to the incarcerated person at the correctional center where he or she resides. The copy shall contain the index of exhibits but shall not include exhibits. The cost shall be paid by the person making the request unless that person has been allowed to proceed in forma pauperis in the action in which the request for a record has been made. Except for good cause shown, any additional copies of the bill of exceptions once provided to a litigant on an in forma pauperis basis shall be provided at the litigant's cost. An incarcerated person may request copies of exhibits by filing a motion with the court having jurisdiction of the case and shall pay for costs of such copies unless allowed to proceed in forma pauperis in the action.

   (D) Where a request for a copy of a transcript or a bill of exceptions is made on an in forma pauperis basis and an action is not pending, good cause must be shown by the litigant making the request for the necessity of a copy. A printed copy shall be provided only upon an order of the court.

Rule 20 adopted December 29, 1999; amended September 27, 2000; amended May 21, 2003. Renumbered and codified as § 6-1520, effective July 18, 2008; § 6-1520 amended June 9, 2010; § 6-1520 amended June 9, 2021, effective January 1, 2022; § 6-1520 amended November 17, 2021, effective January 1, 2022.