Rule 36.7.Filing of Transcripts

Rule 36.7 covers where transcripts fit into the filing system. Transcripts — whether from a trial, a hearing, or another proceeding — get filed the way other law requires. But the clerk is not required to treat them the way Rule 36.6 treats other completed matters: transcripts do not have to be copied into a bound book or transferred to microfilm.

That distinction makes practical sense. Transcripts are often lengthy, court reporters or certified transcribers already produce and certify them in a fixed form, and duplicating that record into the Minutes and Final Record would add bulk without adding reliability. The transcript, once filed, stands on its own as the official account of what was said in the proceeding.

Read alongside Rule 36.19’s provisions on digital recording and transcription, this rule shows how the court’s filing system treats transcripts as a distinct category of record, filed and preserved on their own terms rather than folded into the general recording process that applies to other case documents.