The Supreme Court of South Carolina
Re: Amendments to Rule 607(h)(1), South Carolina Appellate Court Rules
Appellate Case No. 2018-001575
ORDER
Pursuant to Article V, Section 4 of the South Carolina Constitution, Rule 607(h)(1) of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules is amended as set forth in the attachment to this Order. The amendments increase the various fees Judicial Department Court Reporters shall receive for transcription and other services.
The increased fees set forth in paragraph (h)(1) shall apply to all requests for transcription and other services made on or after October 15, 2018.
s/Donald W. Beatty C.J. s/John W. Kittredge J. s/Kaye G. Hearn J. s/John Cannon Few J. s/George C. James, Jr. J. |
Columbia, South Carolina
September 26, 2018
(h) Fees for Transcription and Other Services.
(1) By Judicial Department Court Reporter. A court reporter shall receive the following fees:
(A) A fee of Four Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents ($4.25) per page for producing an original transcript.
(B) A fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per page for furnishing a copy of a previously prepared transcript.
(C) A fee of Two Dollars ($2.00) per page for each person receiving Real-time output when a Real-time Request is signed by the requestor.
(D) A fee of One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per page for unedited (rough copy) ASCII Disks when no request for an original transcript has been made.
(E) A fee of Thirty-Five Dollars ($35) for edited ASCII disks. This service is only available to a requestor who has requested an original or a copy of the transcript.
(F) A fee of One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per page for condensed transcripts, which contain no more than four pages of text. This service is only available to a requestor who has requested an original or a copy of the transcript.
(G) A fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per page for Keyword Indexing. This service is only available to a requestor who has requested an original or a copy of the transcript.
(H) A fee of Forty Dollars ($40) for e-mailed transcripts. This service is only available to a requestor who has requested an original or a copy of the transcript.
(I) A fee of Two Dollars ($2.00) per page for unedited (rough draft) e-mailed transcripts.
(J) The following per page costs apply to requests to produce a transcript on an expedited basis:
(i) A fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) for original transcripts delivered within seven days of the request and One Dollar ($1.00) for a copy.
(ii) A fee of Six Dollars ($6.00) for original transcripts delivered overnight and One Dollar and Twenty-Five Cents ($1.25) for a copy.
(iii) A fee of Seven Dollars ($7.00) for original transcripts delivered on a daily basis and One Dollar and Twenty-Five Cents ($1.25) for a copy.