Opinion ID: 2516613
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Agency [13] Is A Final (End-Of-The-Line) Order Appealable By Right

Text: ¶ 5 The procedural regime that governs an Art. II agency's bond enforcement process also is divided into three separate stages. These consist of: (1) the agency's declaration of bond forfeiture upon finding a principal obligor's default, (2) the post-forfeiture imposition (or exoneration) of the surety's liability for the bond's penalty [14] in a district-court action (brought either by the obligee or by the surety) and (3) the post-judgment collection process. [15] At the conclusion of each phase in this trichotomous division, an appeal from each stage-ending decision is the aggrieved party's due. [16] In sum, a bond forfeiture by an Art. II agency is treated as a final (end-of-the line) order [17]  one that is reviewable by direct appeal to the district court. [18]