Rule III - APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATION OR TEMPORARY PERMISSION AS A NONCERTIFIED COURT REPORTER OR AS A NONRESIDENT COURT REPORTER(A)Application Forms and Fees. Upon request, the Board shall forward to any person application forms, statement of reference forms, and copies of the statutes and regulations of the Board. There shall be a fee of $25.00 for the packet of official confidential application forms (money order, certified check or cash only). A packet may be obtained by writing to the Board. Only official confidential application forms obtained from the Board shall be processed or considered by the Board. Applicants applying for Certification (Mississippi residency required), Temporary Permission as a Noncertified Court Reporter (Mississippi residency required), or Temporary Permission as a Nonresident Court Reporter shall file with the Board a written application in the form prescribed by the Board, together with payment of a nonrefundable fee of $100 and a cover letter to the Board stating the type of licensure he/she is requesting and why he/she would like to be a licensed reporter in the State of Mississippi.
No application shall be accepted which is not filed on official forms and which is not accompanied by the full amount of fees due. Payment of fees shall be made to "Board of Certified Court Reporters." Applications must be complete at time of filing. The applicant must give a full and direct response to all inquiries on the application and must furnish all additional documents as required by the application. If complete documentation is not provided where applicable, said application shall not be processed or considered by the Board.
Applicants applying for Temporary Permission as a Nonresident Court Reporter shall sign and submit to their home state in which he/she is licensed any necessary privacy release form(s) which would enable the Board to obtain documents, records, and any other information pertaining to said applicant. It is the duty of the applicant to know whether or not a privacy release form is required by his/her home state prior to any information being released to the Board. If this document is not provided where applicable, said application shall not be processed or considered by the Board.
(B)Qualifications of Applicants. Applications shall be screened by the Board, and those applicants twenty-one (21) years of age or older and of good moral character and a resident of the State of Mississippi, where applicable, shall be deemed eligible to take the Mississippi BCCR Examination and considered for Temporary Permission as a Noncertified Court Reporter, or considered for Temporary Permission as a Nonresident Court Reporter, or considered for Certification by Reciprocity. If applying for Temporary Permission as a Noncertified Court Reporter, an application must be filed with the Board at least thirty (30) days before the date fixed for examination. Each applicant shall be advised of the time and place the examination will be conducted, and the dates for said examinations shall be posted on the Board's website.(C)Denial of Application. All decisions of the Board denying an application for Certification, Temporary Permission as a Noncertified Court Reporter, or Temporary Permission as a Nonresident Court Reporter shall be made in writing, and the reasons for denying the application shall be included in the decision of the Board. The applicant shall be notified within thirty (30) days of the Board's decision.R. & Regul. Gov. Cert. Ct. Report. III
Approved effective 1/1/2012.