4.400 - Operation of equipment; transcription of recordings; use of transcript.
4.400 Operation of equipment; transcription of recordings; use of transcript.
1. Each justice of the peace shall appoint and, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, fix the compensation of a suitable person, who need not be a certified court reporter and may have other responsibilities in the court to operate the sound recording equipment. The person so appointed shall subscribe to an oath that the person will so operate it as to record all of the proceedings.
2. The justice of the peace may designate the same or another person to transcribe the recording into a written transcript. The person so designated shall subscribe to an oath that the person has correctly transcribed it. The transcript may be used for all purposes for which transcripts are used and is subject to correction in the same manner as other transcripts.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1511; A 1993, 1410)