Fact · Transcription
Under 28 U.S.C. 753(b), each session of a federal court must be recorded verbatim, by shorthand, mechanical means, electronic sound recording or another method.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“shall be recorded verbatim by shorthand, mechanical means, electronic sound recording, or any other method”
28 U.S.C. 753: Reporters, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (text of the United States Code), n.d., Subsection (b).
Open the original- What it measures
- The subsection sets the duty to record court proceedings. The methods are open, subject to rules from the Judicial Conference and the judge's approval.
- What it does not show
- A statute about recording, not a definition of how a transcript must treat fillers. Local rules and the court's own format rules apply too.