Rule 4008 - Transcript Costs Payable by a Requesting Party Other Than the Commonwealth or a Subdivision Thereof(a) Costs: (1) The costs payable by a requesting party, other than the Commonwealth or a subdivision thereof, for a transcript in an electronic format shall be:(i) for an ordinary transcript, $2.50 per page;(ii) for an expedited transcript, $3.50 per page, expedited transcripts are only available if the court reporter or court recorder is able to accommodate;(iii) for a daily transcript, $4.50 per page, daily transcripts are only available if the court reporter or court recorder is able to accommodate; and(iv) for same day delivery, $6.50 per page, same delivery transcripts are only available if the court reporter or court recorder is able to accommodate.(2) When the transcript is prepared in bound paper format, the costs shall be in accordance with paragraph (1) relating to electronic format plus a surcharge of $0.25 per page.(b) Economic hardship - minimum standards:(1) The application to waive all or a portion of costs for ordinary transcripts shall be supported by an affidavit substantially in the form required by Rule 240(h) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure.(2) Such application should be prepared in the form of a Petition to Waive All or a Portion of the Transcript Costs and filed in the appropriate filing office.(3) Any request for hardship reduction or waiver of costs for any ordinary transcript shall be filed contemporaneously with the request for transcript.(4) No reduction or waiver of costs shall be requested or granted for any non-ordinary transcript unless the requesting party demonstrates reasonable need.(5) Copies of the forms listed above shall be provided to:(iii) The Court Administrator's Office; and(iv) Opposing counsel or the opposing party if self-represented.(c) Copies of transcript: A request for a copy of any transcript previously ordered, transcribed and filed of record shall be provided by the appropriate filing office according to the following schedule:
(1) $0.50 per page bound, paper format, and,(2) $0.50 per page electronic copy, not to exceed $50.00. An additional $20.00 fee may be charged if the copy cannot be emailed directly and needs to be transferred to another medium or multiple emails are required for file transfer.(d) Additional Costs: (1) A trial judge may impose a reasonable surcharge in cases such as mass tort, medical malpractice or other unusually complex litigation, where there is a need for court reporters to significantly expand their dictionary.(2) Such surcharges are at the discretion of the trial judge.Amended effective 1/1/2024.