Court interpreter certification, which many candidates search as court translator certification, is issued state by state. Most states use the same NCSC consortium oral exam, but every state runs its own program: orientation, written exam, fees, background check, oath and continuing education. These pages collect what each state publishes, with the official links, so you can plan the whole path before you pay the first fee.
More states are added as their program pages are verified. Missing yours? Every consortium state follows the same oral exam format described in the scoring units guide.
By state, with a shared exam. Most states belong to the NCSC (National Center for State Courts) consortium and use the same oral exam model: sight translation, consecutive and simultaneous, scored on units with a 70% cut per section. Each state sets its own orientation, written exam, fees, background check and continuing education rules, and issues its own credential. Federal courts run a separate exam (the FCICE).
Often, through reciprocity, when both states use the consortium oral exam and your scores meet the receiving state's cut. You still complete that state's orientation, background check and registration. Check the receiving state's program page; the rules and fees differ.
Plan on six to eighteen months from orientation to oral exam results. The oral exam is offered only a few times a year in most states, scoring takes about twelve weeks, and most candidates sit more than once.
Two sight translation passages (one each direction), a consecutive witness examination with 75 to 90 scoring units, and a simultaneous monologue of roughly 800 words at about 120 words per minute. Each section must reach 70%.