Official Reporters; Duties

(a)Each reporter shall, whenever requested by a party to any action or proceeding, or directed by the court, attend the sessions of the court and record verbatim by shorthand, by mechanical means, or by electronic means, or any combination thereof, all the proceedings had in open court in the action or proceeding.

(b)The reporter shall attach his or her official certificate to the original shorthand notes or other original records so taken, or to the tapes involved if taken electronically, and promptly file them with the clerk upon the request of a party to any such action or proceeding who has agreed to pay the fee therefor, or of a Judge of the court.

(c)The reporter, or if the original has been transcribed by electronic means, then such person as has been designated for the purpose, shall promptly transcribe the original records of the requested part of the proceedings and attach to the transcript his or her official certificate and deliver the same to the party or Judge making the request and a copy, certified by him or her, to the clerk for the records of the court.

(d)The transcript in any case certified by the reporter shall be deemed prima facie a correct statement of the testimony taken and proceedings had.