The fee rate that may be charged and collected by a court reporter for transcripts is four dollars ($4.00) per page. If the defendant prays and is granted an appeal and is determined by the trial judge to be without sufficient funds to pay for the preparation of the transcript of the proceedings, the trial judge shall direct the court reporter to furnish the defendant a complete transcript of the proceedings, the fee for which shall be paid by this state out of money appropriated for that purpose. The reporter may require any party requesting a transcript to pay the estimated fee in advance except as to transcripts which are to be paid for by this state.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-14-312
Fees for transcripts — Transcripts for indigent defendants
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Draper (1990)
Most recently applied in Galbreath v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 2003)
Acts 1965, ch. 221, § 12; T.C.A., § 40-2040; Acts 1993, ch. 66, § 65; 2019, ch. 467, § 2.
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