When may an Illinois appellee designate additional transcript portions?

Obtain the actual docketing statement and transcript request.

Establish effective service of both documents on the appellee.

Identify additional proceedings pertinent to the actual appeal issues.

1. Obtain the actual docketing statement and transcript request.
2. Exclude the independently established triggering day and count intermediate calendar days under 5 ILCS 70/1.11. A filing, entry, effective service or previously established due date must come from its actual record. Do not substitute one event for another.
3. Check statutory holidays and the proper court’s actual calendar.
4. Complete the particular act in the proper court.

Section 1.11 excludes a final Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday and consecutive excluded days. Section 17(a) of the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act includes Pulaski Day, Good Friday and the general election for members of the House of Representatives. Check proclamations, the proper court’s actual calendar and clerk access separately. The bundled Illinois calendar covers 2026 and 2027.

Fictitious example

Fictitious facts. The docketing statement and transcript request are effectively served together on the appellee. The established event is August 2, 2027. No additional closure, special appeal or different order applies.

Fictitious facts. The appeal classification and triggering event are independently established. No additional closure, court order or unmodeled restart is assumed.

The report must include pertinent evidence

Rule 323(a) requires all evidence pertinent to appeal issues and permits the specified rulings, reasons and proceedings. Identify actual missing portions rather than assuming the existing request is complete.

The appellant has a separate response

Within seven days after designation service, the appellant must request the designated portions or move in the trial court to exclude them unless the appellee advances cost.

Unnecessary material can affect costs

The reviewing court may assess the expense of unnecessary or immaterial report material against the party who designated it regardless of the appeal outcome.

The initial request accompanies docketing

Rule 323(a) requires the appellant’s written transcript request within Rule 312’s filing time. Rule 312(b) requires applicable written requests with the docketing statement and service with proof.

• The calculator does not decide appealability, disputed facts, sufficiency of a filing or whether the court grants relief.
• Check the governing edition and actual orders. A current rule does not establish every historical appeal’s timetable.

• Obtain the actual docketing statement and transcript request.
• Establish effective service of both documents on the appellee.
• Identify additional proceedings pertinent to the actual appeal issues.
• Rule 323(a) requires all evidence pertinent to appeal issues and permits the specified rulings, reasons and proceedings. Identify actual missing portions rather than assuming the existing request is complete.
• Within seven days after designation service, the appellant must request the designated portions or move in the trial court to exclude them unless the appellee advances cost.
• The reviewing court may assess the expense of unnecessary or immaterial report material against the party who designated it regardless of the appeal outcome.
• Rule 323(a) requires the appellant’s written transcript request within Rule 312’s filing time. Rule 312(b) requires applicable written requests with the docketing statement and service with proof.
• Serve the appellant with the designation within the established period. Preserve effective service and Rule 12 proof. The original transcript request goes to court reporting personnel within the Rule 312 docketing-statement time. Use Rule 11’s applicable service method and file Rule 12 proof. Rule 12(c) makes electronic or personal delivery service effective on its stated day, mail service complete four days after mailing, and third-party carrier service complete on the third court day after delivery to the carrier. Establish effective service before using a service-triggered calculator. A rule requiring personal or email service cannot be replaced with ordinary mail.