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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-14-5. Duty of court reports to transcribe proceedings; certification of transcripts.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-14-5. Duty of court reports to transcribe proceedings; certification of transcripts.

(a) It shall be the duty of each court reporter to transcribe the evidence and other proceedings of which he has taken notes as provided by law whenever requested so to do by counsel for any party to such case and upon being paid the legal fees for such transcripts. The reporter, upon delivering the transcript to such counsel, shall affix thereto a certificate signed by him or her reciting that the transcript is true, complete, and correct. Subject only to the right of the trial judge to change or require the correction of the transcript, the transcript so certified shall be presumed to be true, complete, and correct.

(b) When a court proceeding has been recorded via a digital recording system, as defined in Code Section 15-14-22, and as provided for by uniform court rules adopted and published by order of the Supreme Court with the advice and consent of the council of the affected class or classes of trial courts, if requested or required by law, a transcript shall be prepared by a certified court reporter. If a court reporter receives such recording from the court, the court reporter shall transcribe the recording completely and accurately in accordance with rules promulgated by the Judicial Council of Georgia or any applicable uniform rules. The court reporter, upon delivering the transcript to the requesting party or upon filing it with the clerk, shall affix thereto a signed certificate reciting that the transcript is true, complete, and correct. Subject only to the right of the trial judge to change or require the correction of the transcript, a transcript so certified shall be presumed to be true, complete, and correct.

## History

Ga. L. 1957, p. 224, § 9; Ga. L. 2025, p. 151, § 2-6/HB 179, effective January 1, 2026.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective January 1, 2026, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a); in subsection (a), inserted “or her” in the second sentence; and added subsection (b).

## Delayed Effective Date

Code Section 15-14-5 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective January 1, 2026. For version effective until January 1, 2026, see the preceding version.