# R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-6: Appointing court reporter and electronic court reporter for grand jury proceedings

> Rhode Island · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-6

## Section

- **Citation:** R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-6
- **Heading:** Appointing court reporter and electronic court reporter for grand jury proceedings
- **Jurisdiction:** Rhode Island
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** RI Code / Title 8 / Chapter 8-5 / Section 8-5-6

## Text

Whenever the attorney-general shall make request in writing to the presiding justice of the superior court, he or she shall designate a court reporter or electronic court reporter or similar recording personnel to attend such sittings of any grand jury as the attorney-general may designate and to report stenographically in the case of the court reporter or electronically in the case of an electronic court reporter or similar recording personnel the testimony given before the grand jury, and it shall be lawful for the court reporter or electronic court reporter or similar recording personnel to attend such sittings for such purpose; provided, that the court reporter or electronic court reporter or similar recording personnel shall not be present during the deliberations of the grand jury or other proceedings, except during the taking of testimony. The court reporter or electronic court reporter or similar recording personnel shall, in all cases, before entering upon such duties, be first sworn by the clerk of the court to secrecy. He or she shall transcribe such testimony as the attorney-general may direct, and all such transcripts or recordings shall be delivered forthwith to the attorney-general.

## Nearby sections

- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-1 § 8-5-1. Supreme court secretary and assistant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-1.md)
- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-2 § 8-5-2. Superior court secretary and assistants.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-2.md)
- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-3 § 8-5-3. Appointment of superior court reporters and electronic court reporters.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-3.md)
- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-4 § 8-5-4. Court reporters and electronic court reporters €” Supplies and preservation of notes and other materials.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-4.md)
- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-4.1 § 8-5-4.1. Freelance court reporters and electronic court reporters.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-4.1.md)
- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-5 § 8-5-5. Reports of superior, family and district court and traffic tribunal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-5.md)
- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-6 § 8-5-6. Appointing court reporter and electronic court reporter for grand jury proceedings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-6.md)
- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-7 § 8-5-7. Appropriations for court reporters and electronic court reporters.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-7.md)
- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-8 § 8-5-8. Sign language interpreters/transliterators and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) providers for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind persons.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-8.md)
- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-8.1 § 8-5-8.1. Waiver of interpreter/transliterator and CART provider.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-8.1.md)
- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-8.2 § 8-5-8.2. Privileged communications.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-8.2.md)
- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-8.3 § 8-5-8.3. Visual recording of testimony.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-8.3.md)
- [R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-5-9 § 8-5-9. Right to stenographic record.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_RI_T8_C8-5_S8-5-9.md)

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