Request Certified Transcript
South Dakota Unified Judicial System

Transcript Request

Requesting Certified Transcripts

This form can be used to request certified transcripts from the South Dakota Unified Judicial System Circuit and Magistrate Courts. If you are seeking to obtain a transcript from another jurisdiction, contact that court directly, or visit www.trxchange.com for additional options.

Transcripts can be requested for appeal and non-appeal purposes. Expedited transcripts can be requested, but the final delivery date and price for expedited requests will be determined by the court reporter or outside vendor assigned to complete your transcript ("Transcriber").

After you submit your Request, it will be assigned to the appropriate Transcriber. The estimated cost for the transcripts will be based on the length of the proceedings requested. You will have an opportunity to review and approve the estimated cost. You are not obligated to proceed with the Request until you accept the estimate.

You may be required to pay a deposit prior to the commencement of transcription. Any delay in paying the deposit will impact the expected delivery date. You may be able to pay the deposit and any final balance online or by check. The estimate you receive is an estimate only. The final cost will be determined by the actual transcript page count. You will be responsible for any remaining balance. If a refund is due, it will be issued to the credit card used to make the deposit or by check.

Please enter your case number carefully. Determining the validity of your request is based on this number. Case information (such as case numbers and hearing dates) can be found on the South Dakota Unified Judicial System eCourts website at ujs.sd.gov or by contacting the clerk of courts office.

Case Name

Enter the case name such as Smith vs Brown

Case Number

Enter the case number associated with the case name

Judge / Magistrate


ADD ANOTHER DATE

Check box if ANY portion of the hearing(s) listed has been ruled confidential by a Judge.

Appeal Info

Select this check box if the transcript is required for an appeal

Portions Requested

Select Entire proceedings if you want everything transcribed for the chosen hearing dates. If you only want a part of the chosen hearing dates to be transcribed, select Specific portions and enter the details below.
Note: You can resize the details box to see more of the description you enter.


Payment Type

A TRX Order has 3 possible payment types: Private, Indigent, and Other Govt Paid.

Private transcript orders include any order placed, and paid for, by a non-indigent or non-government entity; most often these are litigants or attorneys.

Indigent transcript orders are paid by the Court which occurs when the court deems a defendant unable to pay. These types of orders are usually placed by the Public Defenders office or appointed council.

Other Govt Paid transcript orders represent orders placed by a government entity which does NOT come under the Indigent category (e.g, a Judge, govt agency, etc.).

Requested Delivery Date

Select the preferred date that you would like to receive the transcript. Please note that the actual delivery date depends on various factors and will be communicated to you by the Provider prior to the production of the transcript starting.

The Provider will also communicate to you a cost estimate of the transcript. The estimated cost of your requested transcript will be calculated based on the information you have provided, including the turnaround time you choose (see table below). You will be able to review the adjusted estimated cost prior to acceptance and the work commencing.

The final cost of your completed transcript(s) will be based on the total number of typed pages actually produced by the Provider. The final cost is calculated by multiplying the number of pages produced, by the applicable published page rate for Hendricks County, Indiana.

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If any part of your request has been previously transcribed, those pages may be available at the Copy price listed above. The Court notifies you if this is the case and will adjust your cost estimate accordingly.

The current transcript production page rates are:

Turnaround Time (TaT)Private PartyState IndigentCounty IndigentCounty Prosecutor
45-day (Appeal)$4.50$3.50$3.00$4.00
7-day$5.50$5.50$5.50$5.50
1-day$8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00
Copy of Previously Produced Transcript$1.00$1.00$1.00$1.00
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Hearing Dates

The Hearing Dates are mandatory. Choose the hearing date(s) of the recordings to obtain. Do this by directly entering the date in the form mm/dd/yyy or by clicking the calendar and selecting the required date.

If you want more than one day transcribed, click ADD ANOTHER DATE and repeat the previous steps.