State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Missouri > T32 > C488 > 488_2250Fees for transcript of notes--judge may order transcript, when--taxingof fees.
488.2250. For all transcripts of testimony given or proceedings hadin any circuit court, the court reporter shall receive the sum of twodollars per twenty-five-line page for the original of the transcript, andthe sum of thirty-five cents per twenty-five-line page for each carbon copythereof; the page to be approximately eight and one-half inches by eleveninches in size, with left-hand margin of approximately one and one-halfinches and the right-hand margin of approximately one-half inch; answer tofollow question on same line when feasible; such page to be designated as alegal page. Any judge, in his or her discretion, may order a transcript ofall or any part of the evidence or oral proceedings, and the courtreporter's fees for making the same shall be paid by the state upon avoucher approved by the court, and taxed against the state. In criminalcases where an appeal is taken by the defendant, and it appears to thesatisfaction of the court that the defendant is unable to pay the costs ofthe transcript for the purpose of perfecting the appeal, the court shallorder the court reporter to furnish three transcripts in duplication of thenotes of the evidence, for the original of which the court reporter shallreceive two dollars per legal page and for the copies twenty cents perpage. The payment of court reporter's fees provided in this section shallbe made by the state upon a voucher approved by the court.
(RSMo 1939 § 13344, A.L. 1951 p. 447, A.L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1965 p. 652, A.L. 1971 H.B. 361, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 88, A.L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision, A.L. 2007 S.B. 163)Prior revisions: 1929 § 11722; 1919 § 12671
*Transferred 2000; formerly 485.100
