Court Reporters Certification

An individual whose certification has been expired for 90 days or less may renew for 1½ times the normally required renewal fee.

An individual whose certification has been expired more than 90 days but less than one year may renew for twice the normally required renewal fee.

If your certification is not renewed within a year of expiration, you must meet the requirements for a new certification, which may include taking the CSR exam again.

Exceptions will not be granted, and fees will not be waived, refunded, or transferred.

There are no provisions in rule or statute to extend expiration dates.

Court Reporters expired 1 year or more, please refer to the Reinstating an Expired Court Reporter Certification section on the Initial Certification page of our website.

Military Renewal Applicants

Definition per section 55.001 of Chapter 55 Government Code:

• Military service member: a person who is on active duty.
  • Active Duty: current full-time military service in the armed forces of the United States or active-duty military service as a member of the Texas military forces.

Military Service Members whose certifications have expired can request additional time to meet renewal requirements only if:

• We recommend emailing the request for additional time to courtreporting@txcourts.gov at least 90 days after expiration (however, there’s no deadline to do so in statute),
  • The request must include how much additional time is being requested.

If they establish, to the satisfaction of the JBCC, that they failed to renew the certification or license in a timely manner because they were serving as a military service member (i.e., active-duty service) the request may be granted. Staff will email the determination to the application as soon as possible.