N.Y. Judiciary Law Section 302
Stenographers must furnish copies of proceedings

1.

Every stenographer in a court of record must, upon request, furnish, with all reasonable diligence, to the defendant in a criminal case, or a party, or his attorney in a civil cause, a copy, written out at length from his stenographic notes, of the testimony and proceedings, or a part thereof, upon the trial or hearing, upon payment, by the person requiring the same, of the fees allowed by law.

2.

Except as provided in subdivision three of this section, in any civil or criminal case, if the district attorney, the attorney general or the judge presiding at the trial, or any appellate court or judge thereof, requires such a copy, the stenographer is entitled to his fees therefor; but he must furnish it, upon receiving a certificate of the sum to which he is entitled. The amount thereof must be paid by the treasurer of the county or city, as the case may be, where the trial or hearing is held, upon the certificate of the district attorney, attorney general, the judge presiding at the trial or hearing, or the appellate court or judge thereof, from the court fund, or the fund from which jurors are paid, or from any other available fund.

3.

In any civil case when a transcript may be necessary, if the attorney general requires such a copy, the cost of such copy shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the department of law for that purpose.

Source: Section 302 — Stenographers must furnish copies of proceedings, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/JUD/302 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 25, 2025).

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Stenographers are officers of court 291
Qualifications of stenographers 292
Original stenographic notes part of proceedings in cause 293
Stenographers must not be interested in certain printing contracts 294
Stenographers of courts must file oath of office 295
Complete stenographic notes to be taken 296
Stenographer must file notes with clerk when so directed by court 297
Preservation of original notes for two years when not filed with clerk 298
Stenographer must preserve records of his predecessor 299
Stenographers must furnish gratuitously copies of proceedings to judges 300
Stenographer must furnish certified transcript of proceedings to parties on payment of fees 301
Duty of stenographers with reference to writing out proceedings in full 302
Stenographers must furnish copies of proceedings 303
Provisions relating to stenographers applicable to assistant stenographers 303–A
Assignment of stenographers 304
Apportionment of stenographer’s salary and duplication of stenographic minutes 305
Duty of stenographers appointed by justices of appellate division in first department for the supreme court 306
Compensation of stenographers and confidential clerks appointed by justices of the appellate division 307
Salary of typist in first department of appellate division 308
Stenographers appointed by justices of supreme court to attend terms 309
Duty of stenographers in eighth judicial district 310
Duties of stenographers to justices of supreme court in third and fourth judicial districts 311
Appointment of assistant stenographer in Kings county 312
Salary of stenographers appointed by justices of supreme court for each judicial district except first and second 313
Expenses of stenographers appointed by justices of supreme court for each judicial district except first and second 314
Fees and expenses of supreme court stenographer for services performed at request of official referees 315
Salary of stenographers appointed by justices of the supreme court residing in the second, tenth and eleventh judicial districts 316
Compensation of stenographers appointed by certain justices of supreme court in third and fourth judicial districts 317
Stenographers of county courts 318
Compensation of stenographers of county courts 319
Taking of hearings by official stenographer 319–A
Employment of a stenographer upon hearing on charge of felony 320
Fees of stenographer on appeals
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Oct. 25, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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