Rule 6.7 - Responsibilities of Certified Court Reporters(a) A certified court reporter is entitled to use the title "Certified Shorthand Reporter" or the abbreviation "CSR." A certified shorthand reporter may administer oaths to witnesses in accordance with Section 154.105 of the Government Code.(b) The transcription of any proceeding and any other document certified by a certified shorthand reporter for use in litigation in the courts of this State must contain a signed certificate in the form required by the Uniform Format Manual.(c) A certification of a transcript of a court proceeding by an official court reporter must contain a signed certificate in the form required by the Uniform Format Manual.(d) A noncertified shorthand reporter may engage in shorthand reporting to report an oral deposition only if: (1) the noncertified reporter delivers an affidavit to the parties or to their counsel before the beginning of the deposition stating that a certified shorthand reporter is not available; or(2) the parties or their counsel stipulate on the record at the beginning of the deposition that a certified shorthand reporter is not available.(e) A noncertified shorthand reporter who is employed to engage in shorthand reporting to report an oral deposition when a certified shorthand reporter is not available must file with the certification of the transcript of an oral deposition an affidavit that no certified shorthand reporter was available to perform the duties of the court reporter. unless the parties or their counsel stipulate on the record that a certified shorthand reporter is not available.(f) Official court reporters, deputy court reporters, and substitute court reporters must comply with the Act, Chapter 52 of the Government Code, and all applicable provisions of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure in conducting of the business of their offices.Tex. R. Judi. Cert. Commi. 6.7
Renumbered effective 6/16/2020 immediately; amended effective 9/1/2021; amended effective 11/17/2023.