                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECORDING EVIDENCE AND INCIDENTS OF TRIAL IN CERTAIN CIVIL CASES AND COST
THEREOF; COST OF TRANSCRIPTS; PRESERVATION OF ORIGINAL NOTES OR RECORDS;
CERTIFIED TRANSCRIPT PRIMA FACIE CORRECT (§ 17.1-128)

In all civil cases, the court or judge trying the case may by order entered of
record provide for the recording verbatim of the evidence and incidents of trial
either by a court reporter or by mechanical or electronic devices approved by
the court. The expense of reporting and recording the trial of a civil case
shall be paid by the litigants in the manner and in the proportion as the court
may in its discretion direct. A transcript of the record, when required by any
party, shall be paid for by such party. The court on appeal may provide that
such cost may, in civil cases, be reimbursed to the party prevailing. The court
shall not allow a defendant convicted of a crime from which the civil matter
arose to recover such cost from the victim, as defined in § 19.2-11.01, of such
crime. The failure to secure the services of a reporter, or the failure to have
the case reported or recorded for any other reason, shall not affect the
proceeding or trial. The reporter or other individual designated to report and
record the trial shall preserve the original shorthand notes or other original
records for not less than five years. The transcript in any case certified by
the reporter or other individual designated to report and record the trial shall
be deemed prima facie a correct statement of the evidence and incidents of
trial.
		The administration of this section shall be under the direction of the Supreme
Court of Virginia.

HISTORY: 1952, c. 642, § 17-30.1; 1956, c. 699; 1962, c. 419; 1964, c. 533;
1968, c. 358; 1975, c. 640; 1984, c. 752; 1994, c. 496; 1998, c. 872; 2022, c.
279.