California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 69953.5

Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 75, Sec. 116. Effective July 19, 2005. Operative January 1, 2006, by Sec. 156 of Ch. 75.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a daily transcript is ordered in a civil case requiring the services of more than one phonographic reporter, the party requesting the daily transcript, in addition to any other required fee, shall pay a fee per day, or portion thereof, equal to the per diem rate for pro tempore reporters established by statute, local rule, or ordinance for the services of each additional reporter for the first day and each subsequent day the additional reporters are required. This fee shall be distributed to the court in which it was collected to offset the cost of the additional reporter.

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Cal. Gov. Code § 69953.5 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/gov/title-8-the-organization-and-government-of-courts/chapter-5-the-superior-courts/article-9-official-reporters-generally/section-69953.5

Other sections in Article 9 - Official Reporters Generally

§ 69941§ 69942§ 69944§ 69946§ 69947§ 69948§ 69948.5§ 69949§ 69950§ 69950.5…§ 69952§ 69953§ 69953.5§ 69954§ 69955§ 69956§ 69957§ 69958§ 69959§ 69959.5

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