20-9-603. Licensure requirement -- Court reporter not required at all proceedings -- Exceptions.

Title 20  Civil Procedure  
Chapter 9  Trial  
Part 6  Tennessee Court Reporter Act of 2009

Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-603  (2016)

20-9-603.  Licensure requirement -- Court reporter not required at all proceedings -- Exceptions. 

  (a) No person, except as otherwise provided by law, shall practice or attempt to practice court reporting in this state or hold the person out as a court reporter unless the person is a licensed court reporter.

(b) Nothing in this part shall be construed to require a court reporter at any court proceeding, administrative proceeding, deposition or any other proceeding. In the event a court reporter is retained for a proceeding, then the court reporter shall be licensed under this part.

(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a licensed court reporter is not required to be a notary public to record any court proceeding, administrative law proceeding, deposition or any other proceeding. A transcript taken and submitted by a licensed court reporter is not required to be notarized. A licensed court reporter is authorized to administer oaths and swear in witnesses.

(d) This part shall not apply to court reporting services paid for by a federal agency or other instrumentality of the United States.

(e) This part shall not apply to court reporting services provided pursuant to title 40.​

HISTORY: Acts 2009, ch. 450, § 1; 2010, ch. 1123, §§ 1, 2, 10.

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