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LA Code Civ Pro art. 2083 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2083. Judgments appealable

A. A final judgment is appealable in all causes in which appeals are given by law, whether rendered after hearing, by default, or by reformation under Article 1814. B. In reviewing a judgment reformed in accordance with a remittitur or additur, the court shall consider the reasonableness of the underlying jury verdict. C. An interlocutory judgment is appealable only when expressly provided by law. Amended by Acts 1984, No. 59, §1; Acts 1989, No. 173, §1; Acts 2005, No. 205, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2084 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2084. Legal representative may appeal

A legal representative may appeal any appealable judgment rendered against him or affecting the property which he is administering, for the benefit of the person whose property he administers or whom he represents, whenever he considers an appeal necessary or advisable.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2085 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2085. Limitations on appeals

An appeal cannot be taken by a party who confessed judgment in the proceedings in the trial court or who voluntarily and unconditionally acquiesced in a judgment rendered against him. Confession of or acquiescence in part of a divisible judgment or in a favorable part of an indivisible judgment does not preclude an appeal as to other parts of such judgment.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2086 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2086. Right of third person to appeal

A person who could have intervened in the trial court may appeal, whether or not any other appeal has been taken.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2087 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2087. Delay for taking devolutive appeal

A. Except as otherwise provided in this Article or by other law, an appeal which does not suspend the effect or the execution of an appealable order or judgment may be taken within sixty days of any of the following: (1) The expiration of the delay for applying for a new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict, as provided by Article 1974 and Article 1811, if no application has been filed timely. (2) The date of the mailing of notice of the court's refusal to grant a timely application for a new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict, as provided under Article 1914. B. When a devolutive appeal has been taken timely, an appellee who seeks to have the judgment appealed from modified, revised, or reversed as to any party may take a devolutive appeal therefrom within the delays allowed in Paragraph A of this Article or within ten days of the mailing by the clerk of the notice of the first devolutive appeal in the case, whichever is later. C. When one or more parties file motions for new trial or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the delay periods specified herein shall commence for all parties at the time they commence for the party whose motion is last to be acted upon by the trial court. D. An order of appeal is premature if granted before the court disposes of all timely filed motions for new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The order becomes effective upon the denial of such motions. E. The time within which to take a devolutive appeal under the provisions of this Article is interrupted for all parties upon the filing of a notice of removal in a district court of the United States, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. 1446, and commences anew on the date the proceeding is remanded. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 92, §1; Acts 1976, No. 201, §1; Acts 1977, No. 174, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1987, No. 695, §1; Acts 1995, No. 658, §1; Acts 1997, No. 609, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1056, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2088 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2088. Divesting of jurisdiction of trial court

  A. The jurisdiction of the trial court over all matters in the case reviewable under the appeal is divested, and that of the appellate court attaches, on the granting of the order of appeal and the timely filing of the appeal bond, in the case of a suspensive appeal or on the granting of the order of appeal, in the case of a devolutive appeal. Thereafter, the trial court has jurisdiction in the case only over those matters not reviewable under the appeal, including the right to do any of the following:  (1) Allow the taking of a deposition, as provided in Article 1433.  (2) Extend the return day of the appeal, as provided in Article 2125.  (3) Make, or permit the making of, a written narrative of the facts of the case, as provided in Article 2131.  (4) Correct any misstatement, irregularity, informality, or omission of the trial record, as provided in Article 2132.  (5) Test the solvency of the surety on the appeal bond as of the date of its filing or subsequently, consider objections to the form, substance, and sufficiency of the appeal bond, and permit the curing thereof, as provided in Articles 5123, 5124, and 5126.  (6) Grant an appeal to another party.  (7) Execute or give effect to the judgment when its execution or effect is not suspended by the appeal.  (8) Enter orders permitting the deposit of sums of money within the meaning of Article 4658.  (9) Impose the penalties provided by Article 2126, or dismiss the appeal, when the appellant fails to timely pay the estimated costs or the difference between the estimated costs and the actual costs of the appeal.  (10) Set and tax costs, expert witness fees, and attorney fees.  (11) Certify a partial judgment or partial summary judgment in accordance with Article 1915(B).  (12) Amend a judgment to provide proper decretal language under Article 1918 or 1951.  B. In the case of a suspensive appeal, when the appeal bond is not timely filed and the suspensive appeal is thereby not perfected, the trial court maintains jurisdiction to convert the suspensive appeal to a devolutive appeal, except in an eviction case.  Amended by Acts 1964, No. 4, §1. Acts 1968, No. 128, §1. Acts 1977, No. 175, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Acts 1983, No. 126, §1; Acts 2008, No. 658, §1; Acts 2021, No. 259, §2.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2089 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2089. Description required of immovable property affected by judgments or decrees

All judgments and decrees which affect title to immovable property shall describe with particularity the immovable property affected.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2121 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2121. Method of appealing

An appeal is taken by obtaining an order therefor, within the delay allowed, from the court which rendered the judgment. An order of appeal may be granted on oral motion in open court, on written motion, or on petition. This order shall show the return day of the appeal in the appellate court and shall provide the amount of security to be furnished, when the law requires the determination thereof by the court. When the order is granted, the clerk of court shall mail a notice of appeal to counsel of record of all other parties, to the respective appellate court, and to other parties not represented by counsel. The failure of the clerk to mail the notice does not affect the validity of the appeal. Amended by Acts 1961, No. 23, §1; Acts 1976, No. 202, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2122 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2122. Appointment or removal of legal representative not suspended by appeal; effect of vacating appointment on appeal

A judgment or order of a trial court appointing or removing a legal representative shall be executed provisionally notwithstanding an appeal therefrom. A judgment rendered on appeal vacating a judgment or order of the trial court appointing a legal representative does not invalidate any of his official acts performed prior to the rendition of the judgment of the appellate court.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2123 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2123. Delay for taking suspensive appeal

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, an appeal that suspends the effect or the execution of an appealable order or judgment may be taken, and the security therefor furnished, only within thirty days of any of the following: (1) The expiration of the delay for applying for a new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict, as provided by Article 1974 and Article 1811, if no application has been filed timely. (2) The date of the mailing of notice of the court's refusal to grant a timely application for a new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict, as provided under Article 1914. B. Whenever one or more parties file motions for a new trial or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the delay periods specified herein commence for all parties at the time they commence for the party whose motion is last to be acted upon by the trial court. C. An order of appeal is premature if granted before the court disposes of all timely filed motions for new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The order becomes effective upon the denial of such motions. D. The time within which to take a suspensive appeal under the provisions of this Article is interrupted for all parties upon the filing of a notice of removal in a district court of the United States, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. 1446, and commences anew on the date the proceeding is remanded. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 129, §1; Acts 1987, No. 695, §1; Acts 1995, No. 658, §1; Acts 1997, No. 609, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1056, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2124 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2124. Security to be furnished for an appeal

A. No security is required for a devolutive appeal. B. The security to be furnished for a suspensive appeal is determined in accordance with the following rules: (1) When the judgment is for a sum of money, the amount of the security shall be equal to the amount of the judgment, including the interest allowed by the judgment to the date the security is furnished, exclusive of the costs. (a) However, in all cases, except litigation related to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, or any litigation where the state is a judgment creditor, where the amount of the judgment exceeds one hundred fifty million dollars, the trial court, upon motion and after a hearing, may, in the exercise of its broad discretion, fix the security in an amount sufficient to protect the rights of the judgment creditor while at the same time preserving the favored status of appeals in Louisiana. (b) The time for taking the suspensive appeal under Article 2123 shall be interrupted for judgments pursuant to Article 2124(B)(1)(a) until the trial court fixes the amount of the security and commences anew on the date the security is fixed. (2) When the judgment distributes a fund in custodia legis, only security sufficient to secure the payment of costs is required. (3) In all other cases, the security shall be fixed by the trial court at an amount sufficient to assure the satisfaction of the judgment, together with damages for the delay resulting from the suspension of the execution. C. Where the party seeking to appeal from a judgment for a sum of money is aggrieved by the amount of the security fixed by the trial court, the party so aggrieved may seek supervisory writs to review the appropriateness of the determination of the trial court in fixing the security. The application for supervisory writ shall be heard by the court of appeal on a priority basis. The time for taking a suspensive appeal under Article 2123 shall be interrupted until the appellate court acts on the supervisory writs to review the determination of the trial court in fixing the security and commences anew on the date the action is taken. D. For good cause shown, the trial judge in the case of the appeal of a money judgment to be secured by a surety bond may fix the amount of the security at an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty percent of the amount of the judgment, including the interest allowed by the judgment to the date the security is furnished, exclusive of the costs. E. A suspensive appeal bond shall provide, in substance, that it is furnished as security that the appellant will prosecute his appeal, that any judgment against him will be paid or satisfied from the proceeds of the sale of his property, or that otherwise the surety is liable for the amount of the judgment. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 176, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1988, No. 444, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 307, §2; Acts 2001, No. 450, §1, eff. June 19, 2001. {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 444, §2.}}
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2125 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2125. Return day

The return day of the appeal shall be thirty days from the date estimated costs are paid if there is no testimony to be transcribed and lodged with the record and forty-five days from the date such costs are paid if there is testimony to be transcribed, unless the trial judge fixes a lesser period. The trial court may grant only one extension of the return day and such extension shall not be more than thirty days. A copy of the extension shall be filed with the appellate court. Subsequent extensions of the return day may be granted by the appellate court for sufficient cause or at the request of the court reporter as provided in Article 2127.2. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 426, §2; Acts 1977, No. 177, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Acts 1984, No. 937, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2125.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2125.1. Notice of extension of return day granted by clerk of trial court

When a subsequent extension of the return day is granted by the appellate court in accordance with the provisions of Article 2125, notice thereof shall be given by mail by the clerk of the trial court to counsel of record of all parties, and to parties not represented by counsel. The failure of the clerk of the trial court to mail such notice does not affect the validity of the appeal, nor does any error or defect that is not imputable to the appellant affect the validity of the appeal. Added by Acts 1976, No. 708, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2126 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2126. Payment of costs

A. The clerk of the trial court, immediately after the order of appeal has been granted, shall estimate the cost of the preparation of the record on appeal, including the fee of the court reporter for preparing the transcript and the filing fee required by the appellate court. The clerk shall send notices of the estimated costs by certified mail to the appellant and by first class mail to the appellee. B. Within twenty days of the mailing of notice, the appellant shall pay the amount of the estimated costs to the clerk. The trial court may grant one extension of the period for paying the amount of the estimated costs for not more than an additional twenty days upon written motion showing good cause for the extension. C. The appellant may question the excessiveness of the estimated costs by filing a written application for reduction in the trial court within the first twenty-day time limit, and the trial court may order reduction of the estimate upon proper showing. If an application for reduction has been timely filed, the appellant shall have twenty days to pay the costs beginning from the date of the action by the trial court on application for reduction. D. After the preparation of the record on appeal has been completed, the clerk of the trial court shall, as the situation may require, either refund to the appellant the difference between the estimated costs and the actual costs if the estimated costs exceed the actual costs, or send a notice by certified mail to the appellant of the amount of additional costs due, if the actual costs exceed the estimated costs. If the payment of additional costs is required, the appellant shall pay the amount of additional costs within twenty days of the mailing of the notice. E. If the appellant fails to pay the estimated costs, or the difference between the estimated costs and the actual costs, within the time specified, the trial judge, on his own motion or upon motion by the clerk or by any party, and after a hearing, shall:  (1) Enter a formal order of dismissal on the grounds of abandonment; or  (2) Grant a ten day period within which costs must be paid in full, in default of which the appeal is dismissed as abandoned. F. If the appellant pays the costs required by this Article, the appeal may not be dismissed because of the passage of the return day without an extension being obtained or because of an untimely lodging of the record on appeal. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 708, §2; Acts 1977, No. 198, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1978, No. 449, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1984, No. 937, §1; Acts 1995, No. 105, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2127 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2127. Record on appeal; preparation

The clerk of the trial court shall have the duty of preparing the record on appeal. He shall cause it to be lodged with the appellate court on or before the return day or any extension thereof. Failure of the clerk to prepare and lodge the record on appeal either timely or correctly shall not prejudice the appeal. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 178, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Acts 1984, No. 937, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2127.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2127.1. Same; certified and dated

A. All records and supplemental records prepared for filing in any appellate court shall be certified and dated by the clerk upon completion. The certification shall include the date any transcript was received for inclusion in the record. B. All transcripts or parts thereof completed for inclusion in the record shall be dated and certified by the court reporter who prepares them. The date of certification by the court reporter shall be the date on which the transcript was concluded and furnished to the clerk for inclusion in the record. Amended by Acts 1984, No. 528, §3.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2127.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2127.2. Same; preparation and delivery of transcript

A. Except as provided in Paragraph B of this Article, each court reporter assigned to prepare any transcript designated to be transcribed and necessary to complete the record shall deliver the transcript to the clerk of the trial court with the duty of preparing the record for appeal no later than five days before the return day. B. Whenever the court reporter cannot deliver the transcript to the clerk of the trial court by the date required in Paragraph A, the reporter shall draft and file a request for an extension of the return day with the trial court or court of appeal as provided by law. Whenever a court reporter has not delivered a transcript by the fifth day prior to the return day, the clerk of the trial court shall file a certificate with the court of appeal advising that the record is ready for lodging except for the lack of delivery of the transcript. In such certificate the clerk shall include the names and addresses of each court reporter who has failed to deliver a transcript, the date estimated costs were paid, and whether any of the named court reporters have requested an extension of the return day. C. Upon the request of the court of appeal when the transcript has not been delivered to the clerk of court but the record is otherwise ready for lodging, the record shall be lodged. The clerk of the trial court shall include with the record a certificate stating the names and addresses of each court reporter who is required to prepare and deliver a transcript of the case and a statement of the date on which estimated costs and, if relevant, additional costs were paid. Thereafter, the court of appeal may issue appropriate orders to any named court reporter to expedite preparation and delivery of any necessary transcripts. Added by Acts 1984, No. 937, §1. Amended by Acts 1997, No. 409, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2127.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2127.3. Same; contempt

The failure of the court reporter to file the transcript with the clerk no later than five days before the return date or any extension thereof shall subject such reporter to prosecution for contempt of court. Such contempt charges may be initiated by the trial judge or by the court of appeal on the court's own motion or on the motion of any party. Amended by Act 1984, No. 525, §1; Acts 1997, No. 409, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2128 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2128. Same; determination of content

The form and content of the record on appeal shall be in accordance with the rules of the appellate court, except as provided in the constitution and as provided in Article 2128.1. However, within three days, exclusive of holidays, after taking the appeal the appellant may designate in a writing filed with the trial court such portions of the record which he desires to constitute the record on appeal. Within five days, exclusive of holidays, after service of a copy of this designation on the other party, that party may also designate in a writing filed with the trial court such other portions of the record as he considers necessary. In such cases the clerk shall prepare the record on appeal as so directed, but a party or the trial court may cause to be filed thereafter any omitted portion of the record as a supplemental record. When no designation is made, the record shall be a transcript of all the proceedings as well as all documents filed in the trial court. Acts 2012, No. 171, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2128.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2128.1. Depositions

Depositions made a part of the record on appeal may be attached in a reduced format consisting of no more than four pages of deposition testimony per physical page or in any electronic format approved by the court. Acts 2012, No. 171, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2129 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2129. Assignment of errors unnecessary; exception

An assignment of errors is not necessary in any appeal. Where the appellant designates only portions of the record as the record on appeal, he must serve with his designation a concise statement of the points on which he intends to rely, and the appeal shall be limited to those points.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2130 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2130. Record on appeal; statement of facts

A party may require the clerk to cause the testimony to be taken down in writing and this transcript shall serve as the statement of facts of the case. The parties may agree to a narrative of the facts in accordance with the provisions of Article 2131.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2131 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2131. Same; narrative of facts

If the testimony of the witnesses has not been taken down in writing the appellant must request the other parties to join with him in a written and signed narrative of the facts, and in cases of disagreement as to this narrative or of refusal to join in it, at any time prior to the lodging of the record in the appellate court, the judge shall make a written narrative of the facts, which shall be conclusive.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2132 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2132. Same; correction

A record on appeal which is incorrect or contains misstatements, irregularities or informalities, or which omits a material part of the trial record, may be corrected even after the record is transmitted to the appellate court, by the parties by stipulation, by the trial court or by the order of the appellate court. All other questions as to the content and form of the record shall be presented to the appellate court.