Texas law requires every deposition in the state to be reported by a certified shorthand reporter, with an uncertified reporter allowed only when none is available

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Texas, United States. The statute says a person may not engage in shorthand reporting unless certified by the state supreme court, and that, except as the code provides, all depositions conducted in the state must be reported by a certified shorthand reporter; section 154.112 lets an uncertified person report an oral deposition only after delivering an affidavit that a certified reporter is not available. Section 154.101 was last amended effective 1 September 2023. One state's law; it does not say how many depositions are also recorded on video, or how reporters produce the transcript.

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One state's law; it says nothing about how the reporter makes the transcript or about video alongside.

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