Texas Government Code Title 2, Chapter 52 - Court Reporters And Shorthand Reporting Firms

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBCHAPTER D APPOINTMENT AND POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICIAL COURT REPORTERS

• Texas Section 52.001 - Definitions
  (a) In this chapter: (1) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 42, Sec. 3.01(1), eff. September 1, 2014. (2) Repealed by Acts 2013,...
• Texas Section 52.041 - Appointment Of Official Court Reporter
  Each judge of a court of record shall appoint an official court reporter. An official court reporter is a sworn officer of the court and...
• Texas Section 52.042 - Deputy Court Reporter
  (a) If an official court reporter is unable to perform his duties in reporting proceedings in court due to illness, other official work, or unavoidable...
• Texas Section 52.043 - Deputy Court Reporter For The 70th Judicial District
  (a) The official court reporter for the 70th Judicial District may appoint a deputy court reporter for the district. (b) The deputy court reporter shall...
• Texas Section 52.044 - Additional District Court Reporters In Bexar County
  (a) The judges of the district courts in Bexar County may employ additional official court reporters to serve the district courts in Bexar County if...
• Texas Section 52.0441 - Court Reporters For Criminal Law Magistrates In Bexar County
  Each full-time Bexar County criminal law magistrate, with the consent and approval of the Commissioners Court of Bexar County, may appoint an official court reporter...
• Texas Section 52.045 - Oath
  (a) An official court reporter must take the official oath required of officers of this state. (b) In addition to the official oath, each official...
• Texas Section 52.046 - General Powers And Duties
  (a) On request, an official court reporter shall: (1) attend all sessions of the court; (2) take full shorthand notes of oral testimony offered before...
• Texas Section 52.047 - Transcripts
  (a) A person may apply for a transcript of the evidence in a case reported by an official court reporter. The person must apply for...
• Texas Section 52.048 - Court Reporters For Family Law Masters In El Paso
  Each El Paso family law master shall appoint an official shorthand reporter to serve that master. The official shorthand reporter must be well skilled in...

SUBCHAPTER E COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES

• Texas Section 52.049 - Additional District Court Reporters In Nueces County
  (a) The judges of the district courts in Nueces County may employ additional official court reporters to serve the district courts in Nueces County if...
• Texas Section 52.051 - Compensation Of District Court Reporters
  (a) An official district court reporter shall be paid a salary set by the order of the judge of the court. This salary is in...
• Texas Section 52.052 - Compensation In The 222nd Judicial District
  Notwithstanding Section 52.051, the district judge of the 222nd Judicial District shall set the salary of the official court reporter at not less than $15,000....
• Texas Section 52.053 - Compensation Of Hill County Official Court Reporter
  (a) The salary of the official court reporter for the County Court of Hill County shall be set by the commissioners court in an amount...
• Texas Section 52.054 - Apportionment Of Salary
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the salary of an official court reporter of a judicial district that is composed of more...
• Texas Section 52.055 - Expenses Of District Court Reporters
  (a) Each official or deputy court reporter of a district court in a district composed of more than one county is entitled to reimbursement in...
• Texas Section 52.056 - Expenses Of Visiting Court Reporters
  (a) An official or deputy court reporter of a judicial district who is required to leave the county of his residence to report proceedings as...
• Texas Section 52.057 - Expenses Of Court Reporters In Certain Enumerated Districts
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 52.055, the expenses of the official court reporters for the 31st, 46th, 104th, 112th, and 155th judicial districts shall be reimbursed as...
• Texas Section 52.058 - Expenses Of District Court Reporters In Change Of Venue Cases
  (a) Each official or deputy court reporter of a district court is entitled to reimbursement in the amount prescribed by Subsection (b) for reasonable and...
• Texas Section 52.059 - Charges For Depositions
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an attorney who takes a deposition and the attorney's firm are jointly and severally liable for a shorthand...

Last modified: September 28, 2016