IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ORDERING PARTY TO ENSURE THE CORRECTNESS OF ALL ORDERS. COURT EMPLOYEES WILL ASSIST YOU, BUT ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CORRECTNESS OF YOUR ORDER FORM. PLEASE READ ALL OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE COMPLETING TRANSCRIPT OR DUPLICATE TAPE ORDER FORMS. FILL OUT ALL OF THE NECESSARY INFORMATION ON THE ORDER FORM CLEARLY. BE SURE THE INFORMATION IS ACCURATE, PARTICULARLY DATES OF PROCEEDINGS, OR PROCESSING YOUR ORDER MAY BE DELAYED. Court employees are prohibited from altering any transcript order form. New transcript order forms must be submitted with any correction or new information.

All orders will be received in Room 8016, Court Reporting Services. If you have any questions concerning your transcript order call the Electronic Recording Operations Office at (713) 250-5404. If no one is available to assist you at the time of your call, clearly mark on your order form that you wish to be called before the order is processed, and leave a telephone number where you can be contacted. DO NOT send someone to pick up transcript until you have been notified by court personnel, not the transcribing services, that the material is ready for delivery.

DEPOSITS: Deposit required will be the full cost of hearing requested. Check each transcribing services' requirements in Section H. Select the transcription service of your choice and make your deposit payable to that service if one is required.

PARTIAL TRANSCRIPTS: If only a portion of a proceeding is being ordered, specify exactly what material is to be transcribed. Be sure this information is very clear.

COPY TRANSCRIPTS: All orders for copy transcripts must say "TRANSCRIPT COPY," on the order form. If you have determined from a docket sheet that a transcript you need is already on file and you want to order a copy of that transcript from the transcribing service rather than making a copy from the court file, it is imperative that you indicate TRANSCRIPT COPY (PREVIOUSLY DOCKETED) on the order form. Your order will be processed by the transcribing firm which prepared the original transcript. If the transcript is no longer available from that firm, you will be notified that it must be copied from the court file in accordance with the usual copy rules and fees.

Every effort is made by court personnel to process transcript orders quickly. It is not always possible to send orders to the transcribing services the day they are received. A delay may result if the information you provided is incorrect and court personnel must contact you concerning your order. Placing orders early in the day facilitates same-day processing. Delivery dates are determined from the day the order is available from the court for pickup by the transcribing service.