Transcripts

Room Suite 304 Located on the third floor of the courthouse which is the main entrance floor.   After passing the main central staircase, turn left towards the South Street side of the building, it will be the last door on the right hand side of the gallery. Transcript ordering and pickup hours:  9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County records an audio record of all courtroom activity with the use of a CourtSmart Digital Audio Management System.  This system allows simultaneously recording of proceedings before our eleven Judges and six Masters in Chancery hearing cases in different courtrooms.  Members of our Court Reporting Department staff monitor the courtrooms on video screens to ensure that a quality transmission, and therefore quality recording, is received.  These individuals also enter data such as case name, case number, attorney names, witness information, etc.   This "tagging" of information assists in searching the recordings and for a complete and accurate record when a transcript is ordered.  When a transcript is ordered, a CD is made from the digital recording, and the CD is sent out to a transcription company.  Our Court Reporting staff can produce a CD for listening purposes.  CDs are available for $25, but are only available for hearings held after July 1, 1999.  Please note - CDs can only be played back using a computer - software needed to listen to the digital recording is included on the CD. If a written transcript is needed, an order is placed with the Court Reporting Department.  A CD or tape is made and sent to a private transcription service.  New rates for transcription work effective November 1, 2000 through the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County are as follows: EXPEDITED (Next day, a.m.) $ 7.00 per page EXPEDITED (2 - 5 business days) $ 4.00 per page 7 business days $ 2.75 per page 10 business days $ 2.50 per page 20 business days $ 2.25 per page Copies $  . 25 per page When ordering a transcript, the time does not begin to run until the transcription service receives the CD from the Court.  The normal delivery time for transcripts on the day they are due is 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Next day expedited transcript requests must be received by the Court Reporting Department no later than 1:00 p.m.. The Court Reporting Department is located in Room Suite 304 of the Circuit Court building.   Transcript ordering and pickup hours are 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.  Payment can be made by check or money order (no cash). Click here to download a Transcript Request Form.  Click here to complete and submit an online Transcript Request Form. This form has fillable fields for you to input your Transcript Request Information.  Please download the form, fill in the appropriate information, then print and fax this form to The Court Reporters Office at the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County.  You can save a copy of this form for future use. FAX NUMBER:   410-222-1458 Note:  The Transcript Request Form is in Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) file. Click on the Adobe Acrobat logo to download a free version of the software needed to view and print these files.

 

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