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Rule 10. Transmission of the record

Rule 10. Transmission of the record. (a) Time for transmission–civil cases. The record on appeal shall be transmitted to the clerk of the district court within 10 days after the filing of the notice of appeal or within an extension by order entered under subdivision (g) of this rule. The appellant shall comply with Rule 9(b) and […]

Rule 4. How appeals are taken

Rule 4. How appeals are taken. (a) Filing notice of appeal. An appeal shall be taken by filing a timely notice of appeal in the municipal court. (b) Joint or consolidated appeals. Two or more persons with interests making joinder practicable, may file a joint notice of appeal, or may join in appeal after filing separate timely notices […]

Rule 5. Time for filing notice of appeal

Rule 5. Time for filing notice of appeal. (a) Appeals in civil cases. (1) Notice of appeal. In civil cases notice of appeal required by Rule 4 shall be filed with the clerk of the municipal court within 30 days after the rendition of the judgment. (2) Undertaking. An appeal is not effective until an undertaking is filed as […]

Rule 6. Undertaking on appeal

Rule 6. Undertaking on appeal. (a) Undertaking on appeal in civil cases. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4), an appeal from a municipal court is not effectual for any purpose unless an undertaking be filed, with two or more sureties, in a sum equal to twice the amount of the judgment, including costs, when the judgment is […]

Rule 7. Stay of judgment pending appeal

Rule 7. Stay of judgment pending appeal. (a) Stay in civil cases. (1) Stay of judgment or order. Except when an undertaking is required under Rule 6(a), upon filing a notice of appeal from a judgment or order the appellant may apply to the municipal court on notice or ex parte for a stay of the execution of […]

Rule 8. Sureties and their justification

Rule 8. Sureties and their justification. (a) Justification of sureties. The adverse party may except to the sufficiency of the sureties within 5 days after the filing of the undertaking, and unless they or other sureties justify before the municipal court judge or a judge of the district court of the county in which such action has […]

Rule 9. The record on appeal

Rule 9. The record on appeal. (a) Composition of the record on appeal. The record on appeal to district court consists of the notice of appeal, an electronic recording or stenographic transcription of the case tried, together with the judgment entered and all papers and exhibits filed in the municipal court. (b) Transcript of the proceedings. The electronic […]