Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 11 - Court Reporting Procedures › Section XXI-1109 - Digital Signature Certification Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Effective January 1, 2020, the reporter by
				whom a deposition is taken may seal the deposition at the request of all
				parties by using secure electronic means to affix a digital signature
				certification statement in accordance with procedures approved by the board. A
				reporter must not seal the deposition electronically without first reviewing
				and approving the accuracy of the transcript to which the digital signature is
				affixed. The reporter must promptly and simultaneously distribute the sealed
				deposition to the party at whose request the deposition was taken and to all
				other parties to the action who have ordered a copy of the deposition
				transcript. The party at whose request the deposition was taken shall then
				become the custodian of the record.
B.
Digital Signature
				Certification
means the use by a reporter of technology approved by
				the board to seal a deposition by using a unique embedded code that identifies
				the particular reporter and that invalidates the reporters digital signature if
				either the text or the format of the deposition is altered after
				sealing.
C. Digital Signature
				Certification Statement. Effective January 1, 2020, each certified court
				reporter who seals a deposition electronically must attest to the accuracy of
				the transcript by dating, signing, and sealing a digital signature
				certification statement 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.
D. A reporter must not give the reporters
				username or password to another or permit their use by a proxy to affix the
				digital signature certification statement to a deposition.
E. Any indication that the content or format
				of a transcript has been altered after affixing the reporters digital signature
				certification statement to the deposition shall invalidate the digital
				signature certification.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554 and
				  2558.