Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 11 - Court Reporting Procedures › Section XXI-1103 - Certification of Transcript

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Effective January 1, 2015 each certified court reporter shall attest to the
				accuracy of every transcript prepared by that reporter by dating, signing, and
				sealing a certification page containing substantially the following language.
This certification is valid only for a transcript accompanied
				  by my original signature and original required seal on this page.
I, [reporter's name], Certified Court Reporter in and for the
				  State of Louisiana, as the officer before whom this testimony was taken, do
				  hereby certify that [name of person(s) to whom oath was administered], after
				  having been duly sworn by me upon authority of
				  R.S.
				  37:2554, did testify as hereinbefore set
				  forth in the foregoing [number of] pages; that this testimony was reported by
				  me in the [stenotype; stenomask; penwriter; electronic] reporting method, was
				  prepared and transcribed by me or under my personal direction and supervision,
				  and is a true and correct transcript to the best of my ability and
				  understanding; that the transcript has been prepared in compliance with
				  transcript format guidelines required by statute or by rules of the board, and
				  that I am informed about the complete arrangement, financial or otherwise, with
				  the person or entity making arrangements for deposition services; that I have
				  acted in compliance with the prohibition on contractual relationships, as
				  defined by Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 1434 and in rules and
				  advisory opinions of the board; that I have no actual knowledge of any
				  prohibited employment or contractual relationship, direct or indirect, between
				  a court reporting firm and any party litigant in this matter nor is there any
				  such relationship between myself and a party litigant in this matter. I am not
				  related to counsel or to the parties herein, nor am I otherwise interested in
				  the outcome of this matter.
B. No certified court reporter shall execute
				the foregoing certification without having first reviewed and approved the
				accuracy of the transcript to which such certification is attached.
C. Effective January 1, 2013, each certified
				official or deputy official court reporter shall attest to the accuracy of
				every transcript prepared by that reporter by dating, signing, and sealing a
				certification page containing substantially the following language.
This certificate is valid only for a transcript accompanied
				  by my original signature and original required seal on this page.
I, [reporters name], Official or Deputy Official Court
				  Reporter in and for the State of Louisiana, employed as an official or deputy
				  official court reporter by the [court name] for the State of Louisiana, as the
				  officer before whom this testimony was taken, do hereby certify that this
				  testimony was reported by me in the [stenotype; stenomask; penwriter;
				  electronic; digital] reporting method, was prepared and transcribed by me or
				  under my direction and supervision, and is a true and correct transcript to the
				  best of my ability and understanding; that the transcript has been prepared in
				  compliance with transcript format guidelines required by statute or by rules of
				  the board or by the Supreme Court of Louisiana, and that I am not related to
				  counsel or to the parties herein nor am I otherwise interested in the outcome
				  of this matter.
D. No
				certified official or deputy official court reporter shall execute the
				foregoing certification without having first reviewed and approved the accuracy
				of the transcript to which such certification is attached.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554 and
				  R.S.
				  37:2557.