Kansas Statutes

Chapter 20: Courts

Article 9: Official Reporters For District Courts

Statutes:

• 20-901:
• 20-902:
• 20-903:
• 20-904a:
• 20-904b:
• 20-905:
• 20-906:
• 20-907:
• 20-908, 20-909:
• 20-910:
• 20-910a: Transcript as evidence.
• 20-911: False certificate or omission of portion of notes; penalty.
• 20-912: Rules for granting certificates for appointment as official reporters.
• 20-913: Title of reporter; administration of oaths; seal.
• 20-914: Same; certificate required before appointment.
• 20-914a:
• 20-917: Official court reporter; assignment; transcripts; power to administer oaths; reporters' expenses.

• 20-901:

        History:   L. 1921, ch. 171, § 1; R.S. 1923, 20-901; L. 1969, ch. 170, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 101, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 136, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 186, § 1; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 146, § 48; Jan. 10, 1977.

• 20-902:

        History:   L. 1921, ch. 171, § 2; R.S. 1923, 20-902; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 146, § 48; Jan. 10, 1977.

• 20-903:

        History:   L. 1921, ch. 171, § 3; R.S. 1923, 20-903; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 146, § 48; Jan. 10, 1977.

• 20-904a:

        History:   L. 1963, ch. 207, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 177, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 334, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 103, § 1; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 146, § 48; Jan. 10, 1977.

• 20-904b:

        History:   L. 1963, ch. 207, § 2; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 146, § 48; Jan. 10, 1977.

• 20-905:

        History:   L. 1885, ch. 189, § 2; R.S. 1923, 20-905; Repealed, L. 1941, ch. 209, § 4; June 30.

• 20-906:

        History:   L. 1919, ch. 177, § 1; L. 1923, ch. 123, § 1; R.S. 1923, 20-906; L. 1941, ch. 210, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 184, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 177, § 2; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 146, § 48; Jan. 10, 1977.

• 20-907:

        History:   L. 1911, ch. 154, § 1; R.S. 1923, 20-907; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 146, § 48; Jan. 10, 1977.

• 20-908, 20-909:

        History:   L. 1901, ch. 131, §§ 1, 2; R.S. 1923, 20-908, 20-909; Repealed, L. 1977, ch. 109, § 43; July 1.

• 20-910:

        History:   L. 1905, ch. 494, § 1; R.S. 1923, 20-910; Repealed, L. 1941, ch. 209, § 4; June 30.

• 20-910a: Transcript as evidence. That the transcript of notes of any duly appointed official reporter of the district court of any proceedings taken by such reporter in any court in the state of Kansas, which shall thereafter be transcribed by such reporter, and certified by him to be a true copy of all the evidence of any witness or witnesses examined or other proceedings had in such court, may be introduced in evidence by any party desiring to use the same under like circumstances and with like effect as the deposition of such witness or witnesses, or for any purpose for which the same may be competent.

        History:   L. 1943, ch. 151, § 1; March 24.

• 20-911: False certificate or omission of portion of notes; penalty. That if any court stenographer shall purposely and falsely certify to or shall falsely verify his notes, or omit from his notes any portion of the proceedings relating to the matter called for by the party desiring to use the same, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

        History:   L. 1905, ch. 494, § 2; Feb. 23; R.S. 1923, 20-911.

• 20-912: Rules for granting certificates for appointment as official reporters. It shall be the duty of the supreme court of Kansas, under such rules as the court shall deem necessary, and in substantially the same manner as attorneys at law are licensed to practice law, to grant certificates of eligibility for appointment as official reporters of the district courts.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 209, § 1; June 30.

• 20-913: Title of reporter; administration of oaths; seal. One holding such a certificate shall have the right to use the title "certified shorthand reporter," and is hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths, and to have an official seal which shall be used to authenticate his official acts. The impress of such seal shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the district court for the county in which he resides. Such seal may be of his own design but shall bear his name and the words "certified shorthand reporter."

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 209, § 2; L. 1949, ch. 229, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 178, § 1; April 27.

• 20-914: Same; certificate required before appointment. No person who does not hold such a certificate shall be appointed official reporter of a district court.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 209, § 3; June 30.

• 20-914a:

        History:   L. 1943, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1956, ch. 52, § 5; L. 1957, ch. 431, § 4; L. 1963, ch. 398, § 8; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 129, § 9; July 1.

• 20-917: Official court reporter; assignment; transcripts; power to administer oaths; reporters' expenses. (a) The supreme court shall provide by rule for the assignment of an official court reporter appointed in any judicial district to duty in another judicial district.

        (b)   The supreme court shall regulate the making of the records of all court proceedings and shall adopt rules governing the preparation and sale of trial transcripts.

        (c)   An official court reporter shall have the power to administer oaths in any court proceeding in the same manner and to the same extent provided by law for the administering of oaths by district judges.

        (d)   Official court reporters shall be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties, in the same manner and to the same extent district judges are so reimbursed.

        History:   L. 1976, ch. 146, § 37; L. 1978, ch. 108, § 12; Jan. 1, 1979.