(1)(a) A transcriber may not charge more than $4.25 per page for preparation of a transcript.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 21.345

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • judicial department: means the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court, the circuit courts and all administrative divisions of those courts, whether denominated as boards, commissions, committees or departments or by any other designation. See Oregon Statutes 174.113
  • public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(b) The Judicial Department may periodically increase the maximum fee a transcriber may charge to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, since the last time the fee was increased. If the Judicial Department increases the fee under this paragraph, the adjusted maximum fee shall be rounded to the nearest quarter dollar, but the unrounded amount shall be used to calculate subsequent adjustments. The increased fee becomes effective on July 1 following the election to increase the fee and applies to transcripts ordered on or after July 1 following the election to increase the fee.

(c) A transcriber may not charge a fee in addition to the fee established under this subsection for:

(A) An electronic copy required to be served on a party;

(B) A paper copy required to be served on an unrepresented party under ORS § 19.370 (4)(a) or (b); or

(C) A paper copy required to be filed with the trial court under ORS § 19.370 (4)(d).

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a reporter employed by one of the parties may charge fees as agreed to between the reporter and all of the parties to the proceeding for preparing transcripts on appeal. The reporter and the parties must agree to the fees to be charged before the commencement of the proceeding to be recorded. A share of any fees agreed upon shall be charged to parties joining the proceeding after the commencement of the proceeding.

(3) A reporter employed by one of the parties may not charge a public body, as defined by ORS § 174.109, fees for preparing transcripts on appeal that exceed the fees established by subsection (1) of this section.

(4) Each page of the original transcript on appeal prepared under this section must be prepared as specified by rules for transcripts on appeal adopted by the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals.

(5) Except as otherwise provided by law, the fees for preparing a transcript requested by a party shall be paid forthwith by the party, and when paid shall be taxable as disbursements in the case. The fees for preparing a transcript requested by the court, and not by a party, shall be paid by the state from funds available for the purpose.

(6) When the court provides personnel to prepare transcripts from audio records of court proceedings, the fees provided in subsection (1) of this section to be paid by a party shall be paid to the clerk of the court.

(7) For purposes of this section, ‘transcript’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 19.005. [Formerly 21.470; 2013 c.685 § 7; 2023 c.302 § 1]

 

[Formerly 21.140; 1973 c.381 § 6; 1981 s.s. c.3 § 77; 1997 c.801 § 46; 2007 c.860 § 13; 2011 c.224 § 4; repealed by 2011 c.595 § 104]

 

[Amended by 1955 c.458 § 4; renumbered 21.315]

 

[1991 c.790 § 21; 1995 c.666 § 11; renumbered 21.245 in 2011]

 

[1991 c.790 § 22; 2005 c.22 § 13; renumbered 21.255 in 2011]

 

[Amended by 1963 c.519 § 20; repealed by 1965 c.619 § 39]

 

[Formerly 21.210 and then 21.115; 1971 c.621 § 7; 1975 c.607 § 8; 1979 c.833 § 8; 1981 c.883 § 30; 1981 c.898 § 23; 1981 s.s. c.3 § 83; 1985 c.496 § 17; 1995 c.559 § 56; 1997 c.872 § 3; renumbered 5.125 in 1997]

 

[Amended by 1963 c.519 § 21; repealed by 1965 c.619 § 39]

 

[Formerly 46.223; repealed by 1999 c.59 § 12]

 

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