IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF COURT REPORTER
AND ELECTRONIC COURT RECORDER
DEPUTY CLERKS
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 753(f), court reporters and electronic court recorders may charge
and collect fees for transcripts requested by the parties, including the United States, at rates
prescribed by the court subject to the approval of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
In light of the aforementioned statutory authority for the district court to prescribe a schedule of
fees for ordinary, expedited, daily, hourly and realtime transcripts, both government-paid and
non-government paid,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1) This Court will prescribe the fees which court reporters may charge and collect for
transcripts requested by the parties, including the United States, at the current
schedule of Maximum Transcript Rates set by the Judicial Conference of the United
States, and each revised schedule set by the Conference will be adopted by this Court;
2) The Schedule of Transcript Fees, accompanied by a copy of this order, will be posted
prominently in the clerk’s office, and on the district court’s internet website;
3) Neither the parties, nor the court reporter, nor the district court may negotiate a
transcript rate higher than the applicable rate within the Schedule of Transcript Fees
without Judicial Conference approval;
4) The cost for duplicate recordings of the Electronic Court Recording System shall
follow the rate set by the court’s Miscellaneous Fee Schedule;
5) Transcript formats shall follow the format guidelines approved by the Judicial
Conference. See Guide to Judiciary Policy, Vol. 6, § 520 (Transcript Format);
6) Official court reporters and electronic court recorder deputy clerks shall not charge a
fee for any copy of a transcript or tape delivered to the Clerk for the court’s records.
28 U.S.C. § 753(f); and
7) This Order supersedes Administrative Order 2011-4 and all other orders setting
transcript rates and defining transcript formats.
Dated at Denver, Colorado this 6th day of March, 2013.
BY THE COURT:
Marcia S. Krieger
Chief United States District Judge
Maximum Per Page Transcript Rates*
TRANSCRIPTS ORIGINAL FIRST EACH ADDITIONAL
COPY TO COPY TO THE SAME
EACH PARTY
PARTY
Ordinary Transcript (30 day) $3.65 $.90 $.60
A transcript to be delivered within thirty (30) calendar
days after receipt of an order.
14-Day Transcript $4.25 $.90 $.60
A transcript to be delivered within fourteen (14) calendar
days after receipt of an order.
Expedited Transcript (7 day) $4.85 $.90 $.60
A transcript to be delivered within seven (7) calendar
days after receipt of an order.
3-Day Transcript $5.45 $1.05 $.75
A transcript to be delivered within three (3) calendar
days after receipt of an order
Daily Transcript $6.05 $1.20 $.90
A transcript to be delivered on the calendar day following
receipt of the order (regardless of whether that calendar
day is a weekend or holiday), prior to the normal opening
hour of the clerk’s office.
Hourly Transcript $7.25 $1.20 $.90
A transcript of proceedings to be delivered within two (2)
hours from receipt of the order.
Realtime Transcript One feed, 1$3.05 per page; N/A N/A
A draft unedited transcript produced by a certified two-to-four feeds, $2.10 per
realtime reporter as a byproduct of realtime to be page; five or more feeds, $1.50
delivered electronically during proceedings or per page.
immediately following receipt of the order.
*Each court may adopt a schedule of transcript fee rates subject to the maximum rates established by the Judicial Conference.
