Rule 4007.1 - Requests for Transcripts(A) Obtain a Transcript Request Form from any courtroom, from Court Administration, from the Official Court Reporters' Office, or online at www.co.berks.pa.us.(B) For an ordinary transcript, the party requesting a full or partial transcript of a trial or other proceeding shall file the original Transcript Request Form with the appropriate filing office of the court. The requesting party shall also serve copies of the request to the judge presiding over the matter, the court reporter, the district court administrator, and opposing counsel, but if not represented, the opposing party.(C) Where daily, expedited, same day, or rough draft transcripts are requested, requests for these transcripts shall be filed in writing in the appropriate filing office at least 10 days prior to the proceeding. Copies of the written request shall be delivered as required by Subsection (B). In the event of an emergency, a party may request by oral motion a daily, expedited, or rough draft transcript.(D)(1) When a litigant requests a transcript, the litigant ordering a transcript shall make payment in the amount of one-half payment to the appropriate filing office of the court;(2) Upon authorization by the court, the court reporter shall prepare the transcript;(3) Upon completion of the transcript, the court reporter shall notify the ordering party of the completion of the transcript with a notice of the balance due and lodge and file the original and one (1) copy of the transcript (if a copy was requested) to the appropriate filing office and a copy to the presiding judge.(4) Upon payment of any balance due and owing by the ordering party, the appropriate filing office shall deliver the copy of the transcript to the ordering party. Checks for the final balance due shall be delivered to and made payable to the appropriate filing office.(E) When a litigant requests a transcript but cannot pay for the transcript because of alleged economic hardship, the court shall determine economic hardship pursuant to the procedure set forth in 4008.2.(F) When a transcript is requested for which the court or county is responsible for the cost, the court reporter shall prepare the transcript without the necessity of a deposit.Amended effective 2/12/2018; amended effective 5/6/2024.