Colorado § 13-10-117 - Time - docket fee - bond.
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§ 13-10-117. Time - docket fee - bond.
Appeals may be taken within fourteen days after entry of any judgment of a municipal court. No appeal shall be allowed until the appellant has paid to the clerk of the municipal court one dollar and fifty cents as a fee for preparing the transcript of record on appeal. If the municipal court is a court of record, the clerk of the municipal court is entitled to the same additional fees for preparing the record, or portions thereof designated, as is the clerk of the county court on the appeal of misdemeanors, but said fees shall be refunded to the defendant if the judgment is set aside on appeal. No stay of execution shall be granted until the appellant has executed an approved bond as provided in sections 13-10-120 and 13-10-121.
Source: L. 69: p. 276, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-22-15. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 824, § 5, effective July 1.
ANNOTATION
One appealing from a judgment of a municipal court must file an appeal bond as directed by this section. City of Pueblo v. Trujillo, 150 Colo. 549, 374 P.2d 863 (1962) (decided under repealed § 139-36-4, CRS 53).
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Section 13-10-117 ("Time - docket fee - bond.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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