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Elkhart County Circuit and Superior Courts

Transcript Request

This form is for ordering certified transcripts from Elkhart County, Indiana Circuit and Superior Courts.

Transcripts may be requested for appeal or non-appeal purposes. The Elkhart County Local Rules, approved by the Indiana Supreme Court, set fees at $4.50 per page and $6.00 per page for expedited requests. 

After you submit your request, The Court Reporter assigned to the case will provide an estimate based on the length of the proceeding. You will have an opportunity to review and approve the estimated cost. You are not obligated to proceed until you accept the estimate.

You will be required to pay a deposit prior to commencement of the transcription. If you are a litigant and need the transcript for an appeal and you cannot afford the cost, after a properly filed motion in the case involved, the court may determine you are entitled to a transcript at public cost.

Any delay in paying a deposit will impact the expected delivery date. You may pay deposits and final balances online or by check.  The final cost will be determined by the actual transcript page count.  You will be responsible for the remaining balance. Refunds, if any, will be issued based on the method of payment.

You must enter the correct case number and hearing dates requested. You may access case information at:  Case Search - MyCase (in.gov)

Case Name

Enter the case name such as Smith vs Brown

Case Number

Enter the case number associated with the case name

Judge / Magistrate

Select from a list of Judges/Magistrates


ADD ANOTHER DATE

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

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 Elkhart 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.