Rule 2.05 - Certification of transcript request, statement of evidence, or agreed statement (a) Concurrently with filing the notice of appeal, appellant must order and either make arrangements satisfactory to the court reporter for the payment for a transcript of the portions of the evidence deemed necessary for the appeal or make application for in forma pauperis status as provided in Rule 2.09. A certificate of compliance with this rule shall be endorsed upon the notice of appeal. If appellant does not intend to order a transcript, the certificate of compliance shall include a statement indicating whether appellant intends to procure a statement of evidence pursuant to Rule 3.03 or an agreed statement pursuant to Rule 3.08. (b) If counsel certifies that transcripts have been ordered and arrangement for payment has been made, but fails to actually contact the court reporter and follow through on the request, the court reporter shall prepare an affidavit, setting out the facts with the reporter's attempts to obtain payment. The reporter shall notify the supreme court and the supreme court may take any action it deems appropriate pursuant to Rule 1.03. Amended May 4, 2001, effective September 1, 2001; amended July 26, 2006, effective December 1, 2006; amended April 6, 2015, effective July 1, 2015; August 23, 2017, effective November 1, 2017.