Education & Careers
Court Reporter for Grand Jury Hearings
State |
ER in Grand Jury Proceedings |
| Alabama | Court reporters and ER may be used in grand jury hearings. |
| Alaska | All proceedings before the grand jury are electronically recorded. |
| Arizona | |
| Arkansas | |
| California | Court reporters are used in grand jury hearings. |
| Colorado | |
| Connecticut | Court reporters and ER may be used in grand jury hearings. A grand juror may express personal preference and when possible, it will be honored. |
| Delaware | |
| Florida | Court reporters or ER may be used in grand jury hearings. Grand jury proceedings are not transcribed unless there is a court order. This suggests that most judicial circuts use stenographers because there is a greater likelihood of needing a transcript in grand jury proceedings. |
| Georgia | |
| Hawaii | |
| Idaho | |
| Illinois | Court reporters are used in grand jury hearings. |
| Indiana | Court reporters and ER may be used to record hearings. Grand juries employ the same method used in regular proceedings. |
| Iowa | |
| Kansas | Court reporters are used when there is a grand jury hearing. |
| Kentucky | |
| Louisiana | There is not a mandate specifying court reporters must be used as opposed to ER. Nearly all proceedings use court reporters. |
| Maine | Court reporters or ER may be used to in grand jury hearings. |
| Maryland | Differs by county. |
| Massachusetts | Court reporters are used to transcribe grand jury hearings. |
| Michigan | ER and court reporters may be used in grand jury hearings. |
| Minnesota | Court reporters are used in all grand jury hearings. |
| Mississippi | |
| Missouri | ER is used for grand jury hearings. |
| Montana | Court reporters are used in grand jury hearings. |
| Nebraska | |
| Nevada | Differs by county. Some use ER, others use a court reporter. |
| New Hampshire | On occasion stenographers are used but recording testimony of a grand jury hearing is not done regularly. |
| New Jersey | Completely done by ER. |
| New Mexico | |
| New York | Stenographic court reporters are used. |
| North Carolina | Generally, grand jury proceedings are not recorded. In the rare event of an investigative grand jury, court reporters are used. |
| North Dakota | Court reporters are used to in grand jury hearings. |
| Ohio | The decision is made by each county . Some use court reporters, some use ER. |
| Oklahoma | Court reporters are exclusively used in grand jury hearings. |
| Oregon | ER is primarily used, although in some extraordinary cases, a judge can ask for a court reporter. |
| Pennsylvania | Court reporters are used in all grand jury hearings. |
| Rhode Island | ER is primarily used. |
| South Carolina | ER and court reporters may be used. |
| South Dakota | ER is allowed, but Court reporters are still often used. |
| Tennessee | |
| Texas | ER and court reporters may be used. |
| Utah | ER and court reporters may be used. |
| Vermont | |
| Virginia | |
| Washington | Court reporters are used for all hearings with a jury. Recordings may be used for all other proceedings. |
| West Virginia | ER and court reporters may be used in grand jury hearings. |
| Wisconsin | Either may be used. ER and DAR is encouraged. |
| Wyoming | Completely done by ER. |
