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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-74 (2025)

Use of digital recording equipment by official court reporter or court recording monitor

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The record of proceedings in any court required to be made by an official court reporter or court recording monitor shall be made by digital recording equipment approved by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

(1953, S. 3136d; P.A. 82-248, S. 64; P.A. 19-64, S. 8.)

History: P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs. but made no substantive change; P.A. 19-64 deleted Subsec. designator from existing Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing “assistant court reporter, stenographer or assistant stenographer may in the first instance be made by shorthand, by shorthand writing machine, or by a mechanical or sound recording device” with “or court recording monitor shall be made by digital recording equipment”, deleted former Subsec. (b) re court reporter or stenographer attending court and making record of proceedings by short hand or approved mechanical or sound recording device and deleted former Subsec. (c) re “shorthand notes”, “stenographic notes” and “official notes”.

See chapter 400l re licensing of shorthand reporters.

Cited. 165 C. 152.

Cited. 43 CS 246.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1973–1993 · leading case: Fromer v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 649 A.2d 542 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1993).
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Fromer v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 649 A.2d 542 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1993). · cites it 3× “Similarly, court monitors are employed by the judicial branch pursuant to General Statutes § 51-74 (a). These judicial officers are sworn to the faithful performance of their duties.”
Lechner v. Holmberg, 328 A.2d 701 (Conn. 1973). “” Also, § 51-74 delineates the ways in which a court reporter may “make a record of the proceedings,” and § 52-161 provides that “ [a]n exemplified transcript of the record of any .”
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