Rule 5 - Transcript of Proceedings(A) Responsibility. It is the responsibility of the appellant and not that of any court reporter, the clerk of the trial court, or the clerk of the appellate court to obtain and timely deliver to the clerk of the trial court the complete transcript of proceedings, partial transcript of proceedings, statement of the evidence or proceedings, or agreed statement of the case, as may be appropriate. In no event shall the reporter be deemed either the agent or officer of the trial court, the appellate court, or of the clerks of either court with respect to the timely preparation, delivery, or filing of any document pertaining to the appeal, and no motion for an extension of the time for the filing of any such document shall be received or considered by the trial court or will be received or considered by this court from any person other than respective counsel for the parties to an appeal or from a party if not represented by counsel. (B) Complete transcript. A "complete transcript" of a jury trial shall exclude voir dire, unless a party specifically gives notice by proper statement and praecipe, pursuant to Local Rule 3, that voir dire should be included in the record. (C) Length. No volume of a Transcript of Proceedings filed by a Court Reporter shall be more than Two Hundred (200) pages in length, except that a volume may extend to a maximum of Two Hundred Fifty (250) pages if such extra pages are necessary to complete the testimony of a witness or to complete a part of the proceedings such as voir dire, opening statements, closing arguments, or jury instructions. (D) Certificate of Reporter. The certificate of the court reporter to a transcript of proceedings, as defined and set forth in Appellate Rule 9(A) and (B) must reflect attendance at the proceedings and shall be substantially in one of the following forms, as may be appropriate: (1) CERTIFICATE (Complete transcript)
I,, Official Court Reporter for the (here insert name of court), duly appointed therein, do hereby certify that the foregoing, consisting of pages, together with exhibits, is a true and complete transcript as transcribed by me of the proceedings conducted in that court on the day of, 20, before the Honorable, Judge of said Court, and I do further certify that I was personally present in the courtroom during all of the said proceedings.
Subscribed this ___ day of ____, 20__ .
(Signature)
(2) CERTIFICATE (Partial transcript)
I,, Official Court Reporter for the (here insert name of court), duly appointed therein, do hereby certify that the foregoing, consisting of pages, is a true partial transcript as transcribed by me of the proceedings conducted in that court on the day of, 20, before the Honorable, Judge of said Court, including the testimony of the witnesses named in the index thereto, but excluding (here set forth a brief description of the parts of the proceedings excluded from the transcript), and I do further certify that I was personally present in the courtroom during all of the proceedings so transcribed.
Subscribed this ___ day of ____, 20__ .
(Signature)
(E) In appeals of proceedings not attended by a court reporter the parties shall proceed under App.R. 9(A) when the proceedings were recorded by means of videotape and the parties shall proceed under App.R. 9(C) when the proceedings were recorded by means of audiotape. Former Rule 5 revoked and new Rule 5 adopted effective 6/16/1994; amended 6/24/2002.