(a) Verbatim record of proceedings. There shall be a verbatim record made of the proceedings and evidence at trials in the municipal court by either electrical devices or stenographic means. The cost of the preparation of transcripts of the record made in the municipal court shall be as provided in courts of record. The presiding judge, or designee, shall be custodian of all such verbatim records of proceedings.

(b) Custody of records. The court administrator, or designee, shall be the custodian of all records maintained at the municipal court, other than those records described in subsection (a) of this section. Such records shall include arrest and criminal records information, basic identification information, criminal justice records, records of official actions and dispositions, as these terms are defined within the state statutes. (Code 1979, § 25-4; Ord. No. 2007-78, § 4, 11-26-2007; Ord. No. 2005-12, § 71, 4-11-2005)