5-9-140. Appointment of special reporters; certification of transcript.
If the record is to be made by a stenographic reporter, the judge shall appoint a special stenographic reporter to report the testimony and proceedings. If the record is made by means of electronic recording, the judge shall appoint a special reporter to make the electronic recording, and in those cases in which it is required, the judge shall appoint an official stenographer to furnish with reasonable diligence a typewritten transcript of the testimony and proceedings. The report of the official stenographer, when typewritten and certified by him as a correct transcript of the testimony and proceedings in the case, shall be prima facie a correct statement of such testimony and proceedings. The signature of the stenographer on the certification of the transcript shall be duly acknowledged by him before a notarial officer of this state.