Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Missouri

Ms. Townsend,

You did not indicate if the hearing was in a Circuit or Associate Circuit case. The term boundary dispute can mean many things. In an Associate Circuit cases, there is no statute requiring that all hearings be on the record (recorded). However, most judges will allow either party to have a hearing made on the record. That could be by recording or court reporter. As to the request for transcripts, if one is not a party to a case, they must comport with numerous regulations and statutes covering dissemination of confidential information. You did not indicate if you were a party to the hearing. Even if you were not a party, you might be able to get the information you seek, through the several Freedom of Information Act measures.

Rather than try to guess which of the many regulations that your request would trigger, it might be better to have your attorney get the transcript for you. If you weren't a party, or were not represented by counsel, you might hire counsel now to get the information you seek, or do a search in a law library to determine the steps you are to take to get the information you seek.

Good luck