Guam § 8103 - Official Reporters; Duties.

§ 8103. 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.

2015 NOTE: Subsection designations were added in accordance with the authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606.

1985 SOURCE: CCP § 194 as modified.

1985 COMMENT: This Section is modified to include provision for the electronic taking of court proceedings. The

court has already established electronic taping as the means of taking testimony within the Superior Court building.

Note that the original, in such cases where electronic means is used, is the tape of the proceedings. If the court wishes

a reporter to be present and take down the proceedings via shorthand or mechanical (stenotype) means, and use these

as the official record and the electronic media as a backup, the court is free to do so under this Section. The official

record will be whichever means of recording the proceeding that the court specifies.