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Louisiana | RS 13:971 Sixteenth and Twenty-Seventh Judicial Districts; additional court reporters; fees charged by court reporters; indigent transcript fund | Rabbit Crowd Library
§971. Sixteenth and Twenty-Seventh Judicial Districts; additional court reporters; fees
charged by court reporters; indigent transcript fund
A. In addition to the court reporters appointed under the provisions of R.S.
13:961(A), the judges of the Sixteenth Judicial District may appoint one additional court
reporter, and each of the judges of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District may appoint one
additional court reporter. Each court reporter shall be assigned by the judges of his
respective district to assist the other court reporters in their duties.
NOTE: Subparagraph (B)(1)(a) effective until the Judicial Council
recommendations that such costs or fees meet the applicable guidelines in its
2018 report. See Acts 2017, No. 129, §1.
B.(1)(a) In the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District, in all civil cases a fee of two dollars
and fifty cents per page for the original and fifty cents per page for copies reported and
transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter who reports and transcribes the
testimony and shall be retained by him as compensation in addition to the salary as provided
NOTE: Subparagraph (B)(1)(a) effective upon the Judicial Council
recommendations that such court costs or fees meet the applicable guidelines
in its 2018 report. See Acts 2017, No. 129, §1.
B.(1)(a) In the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District, in all civil cases a fee of three
dollars and fifty cents per page for the original and fifty cents per page for copies reported
and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter who reports and
transcribes the testimony and shall be retained by him as compensation in addition to the
salary as provided herein.
(b) In all civil cases which are reported but not transcribed, one-half of the fees
provided in this Subsection for originals shall be charged by and be paid to the reporter.
(c) In every civil appealable case set for trial, the court reporter may demand and
secure from the plaintiff, before the trial of the case begins, a bond to guarantee the payment
of the fees to the reporter, except where said plaintiff is exempt by existing law from paying
costs in advance or as they accrue. No bond shall be required in in forma pauperis cases, but
the court reporter may test by rule the plaintiff's right to the benefits of Articles 5181 through
5188 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
NOTE: Paragraph (B)(2) effective until the Judicial Council
(2) In all criminal cases, except those involving indigent defendants, a fee of two
dollars and fifty cents per page for the original, and fifty cents for each copy thereafter
reported and transcribed shall be paid to the court reporter who reports and transcribes the
herein. The payment of fees in criminal cases involving indigent defendants shall be
governed by the provisions of R.S. 13:4529.
NOTE: Paragraph (B)(2) effective upon the Judicial Council
(2) In all criminal cases, except those involving indigent defendants, a fee of three
(3) The fees provided by this Subsection, to the extent herein provided, shall be
retained by the reporter as compensation in addition to the salary provided for herein.
(4) The court of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court shall establish an
indigent transcript fund for the deposit of all monies that may be received under the
provisions of this Subsection relative to the payment of court reporter fees for transcripts
(5) All funds received and deposited therein shall be used and paid out:
indigent defendants, including trials, motions, hearings on writs, and all court proceedings.
(6) If funds are available at the end of the fiscal year, the court may retain three
thousand dollars from the fund as compensation for administration of the fund.
NOTE: Paragraph (B)(7) effective until the Judicial Council
(7) Court reporters shall be paid two dollars and twenty-five cents per thirty-one-line
all such payments to be made from the criminal indigent transcript fund by the court.
NOTE: Paragraph (B)(7) effective upon the Judicial Council
(7) Court reporters shall be paid three dollars and fifty cents per thirty-one-line
(8)(a) In all criminal cases over which the court has original, appellate, supervisory,
the court for further disposition in accordance herewith.
(b) In all civil cases over which the court has original, appellate, supervisory, or
which shall be transmitted to the court for further disposition in accordance herewith.
(9) The court shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books
and accounts relating thereto in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 24:513. The cost of
the audit shall be paid from monies in the fund.
C.(1)(a) In the Sixteenth Judicial District, in all civil cases a fee of two dollars and
fifty cents per page for the original and fifty cents per page each for the first and second
copies for cases reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter
who reports and transcribes the testimony and shall be retained by him as compensation in
addition to the salary as provided herein.
dollars and fifty cents per page for the original and fifty cents per page each for the first and
second copies reported and transcribed shall be paid to the court reporter who reports and
salary as provided herein. The payment of fees in criminal cases involving indigent
defendants shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 13:4529.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 570, §1. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 105, §1; Acts 1970,
No. 75, §1; Acts 1977, No. 227, §1; Acts 1977, No. 307, §1; Acts 1978, No. 529, §1; Acts
1983, No. 249, §1; Acts 1983, No. 45, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1128, §1; Acts 1999, No. 451, §1;
Acts 1999, No. 846, §2; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 78, §1; Acts 2015, No. 194, §1; Acts
2017, No. 129, §1.
NOTE: See Acts 2017, No. 129, §1, regarding contingency eff. date.