Opinion No.

The Honorable Veo Easley State Representative P.O. Box 308 Sheridan, Arkansas 72150

Dear Representative Easley:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question:

Are court reporters, after having used county owned equipment such as transcription machines, typewriters, and/or any other equipment owned by the county for recording and transcribing court proceedings then entitled to sell these transcripts for profit and retain the sales proceeds for their personal use?

I assume that you are referring to circuit and chancery court reporters, although you do not specify in…