Maine Revised Statutes Title 4 Sec. 774 – Comparable treatment of parties
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1. Itemized statement. At any time during or following a legal proceeding, an attorney or a party is entitled to an itemized statement of the rates and charges for all services that have been or will be provided by a court reporter or court reporting services provider that is providing court reporting services to any party to the legal proceeding.
[PL 2013, c. 298, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 4 Sec. 774
- Court reporter: means a person who records legal proceedings by stenotype machine or other means allowed under the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 30 and provides prompt preparation of an accurate, verbatim written transcript. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 4 Sec. 771
- 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.
- Court reporting services: means services provided by a court reporter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 4 Sec. 771
- Court reporting services provider: means a business, entity or firm that provides or arranges for court reporting services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 4 Sec. 771
- Legal proceeding: means a proceeding or series of proceedings by which a legal judgment is invoked and includes but is not limited to:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 4 Sec. 771Party: means a party to an action that is the subject of the legal proceeding for which court reporting services are provided or sought to be provided. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 4 Sec. 771 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).
2. Information to parties. A court reporter or court reporting services provider shall provide to the parties information on prices, terms and conditions of court reporting services in sufficient time prior to the commencement of the legal proceeding to allow the parties the opportunity to effectively negotiate for any changes necessary to ensure that comparable terms and conditions are made available to all parties.
[PL 2013, c. 298, §1 (NEW).]
3. Information to court. Upon request, a court reporter or court reporting services provider shall provide an itemized invoice of all rates and charges for court reporting services provided to the administrative body, court or administrative tribunal in which the action upon which the legal proceeding is based is pending or scheduled to be heard.
[PL 2013, c. 298, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2013, c. 298, §1 (NEW).