§606-12  Duties of official court reporters.  [(a)]  The duties of each official court reporter shall be to attend sessions of the court and take verbatim notes of all oral proceedings before the court, including the testimony of witnesses, objections of counsel, offers of proof, arguments of counsel, rulings of the court, charge to the jury, verdict of the jury, and any other matter which the court may require the official court reporter to report.  The official court reporter may be called upon at any time during a hearing, by any party to the same, or by the court, to read aloud any portion of the official court reporter’s notes taken by the official court reporter.  The official court reporter may be referred to at any time by the clerk of the court for the exact language of any orders from the bench.  In any hearing of probate of will or administration matter, the judge, in the judge’s discretion, may order the official court reporter to supply and file, without charge and within a reasonable time, a certified statement of such testimony as relates to the names, ages, and genealogies of heirs.  Other appropriate duties for the official court reporters to perform may be prescribed by rule of court.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 606-12

  • 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.
  • Charge to the jury: The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
  • Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Official court reporter: means a certified shorthand reporter employed by the courts of the State to provide court reporting services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 606-13.5
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • 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).
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • 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.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.

     [(b)]  Each official court reporter shall file the official court reporter’s notes with the clerk of the court and when requested by any party to a cause and so directed by the court or by the court of its own motion, within a reasonable time thereafter as the court may designate, shall furnish a certified transcript of the official court reporter’s notes, or any portion thereof, taken in the cause, upon the payment of the fee fixed in § 606-13.  The official court reporter may furnish a transcript of any of the official court reporter’s notes, where the same is not intended for the purposes of appeal, upon the request of any party, without the order of the judge therefore first obtained.

     [(c)]  In an ex parte or uncontested case, if there is no official court reporter in attendance, the court may direct the clerk to take notes of the oral evidence adduced, or the judge may personally take notes or may cause the oral evidence to be preserved on tape or by another mechanical device.