Article 11.
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Article 11.
Special Regulations.
§ 7A-95. Reporting of trials.
(a)Court reporting personnel shall be utilized if available, for the reporting of trials in the superior court. If court reporters are not available in any county, electronic or other mechanical devices shall be provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts upon the request of the senior regular resident superior court judge.
(b)The Administrative Office of the Courts shall from time to time investigate the state of the art and techniques of recording testimony, and shall provide such electronic or mechanical devices as are found to be most efficient for this purpose.
(c)If an electronic or other mechanical device is utilized by the clerk pursuant to subsection
(a)of this section, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the superior court or some person designated by the clerk to operate the device while a trial is in progress, and the clerk shall thereafter preserve the record thus produced, which may be transcribed, as required, by any person designated by the Administrative Office of the Courts. If stenotype, shorthand, stenomask or digital recording equipment is used, the original tapes, notes, discs or other records are the property of the State, and shall be kept in the custody of the clerk. Except for the original stenomask audio files and audio files of digital recording technicians, audio recordings created by court reporters are not public records as defined by G.S. 132-1 and shall be disclosed to the parties and public only to the extent allowed by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction for good cause shown after notice to all parties.
(d)Reporting of any trial may be waived by consent of the parties.
(e)Appointment of a reporter or reporters for superior court proceedings in each district or set of districts as defined in G.S. 7A-41.1(a) shall be made by the senior regular resident superior court judge of that district or set of districts. The compensation and allowances of reporters in each such district or set of districts shall be fixed by the senior regular resident superior court judge, within limits determined by the Administrative Officer of the Courts, and paid by the State.
(f)Repealed by Session Laws 1971, c. 377, s. 32. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1969, c. 1190, s. 7; 1971, c. 377, s. 32; 1987, c. 384, s. 1; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1037, s. 14; 2025-54, s. 12.3.)