N.D.R.App.P.
RULE 7. BOND FOR COSTS ON APPEAL IN CIVIL CASES [RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE]
Unless (1) an appellant is exempted by law, (2) an appellant has filed a supersedeas bond or other undertaking which includes security for the payment of costs on appeal, or (3) the appellee waives in writing the requirement, in civil cases a bond for costs on appeal or equivalent security shall be filed by the appellant with the clerk of the trial court with the notice of appeal; but security shall not be required of an appellant who is not subject to costs. The bond or equivalent security shall be in the sum or value of $250 unless the trial court fixes a different amount. A bond for costs on appeal shall have sufficient surety, and it or any equivalent security shall be conditioned to secure the payment of costs if the appeal is finally dismissed or the judgment affirmed, or of such costs as the supreme court may direct if the judgment is modified. The bond must show the place of residence of each surety. If a bond or equivalent security in the sum or value of $250 is given, no approval thereof is necessary. After a bond for costs on appeal is filed, an appellee may raise for determination by the clerk of the trial court objections to the form of the bond or to the sufficiency of the surety. The provisions of Rule 8(b) apply to a surety upon a bond given pursuant to this rule.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This rule incorporates the bond for costs into the Appellate Rules rather than the statutes. The amount of the bond is the same under this adaptation of Fed.R.App.P. 7, as under former N.D.C.C. § 28-27-09.
Unless the appellant falls within one of the listed exceptions, Rule 7 requires that a bond for costs or equivalent security be filed with the notice of appeal in civil cases. The rule does not preclude the filing of a supersedeas bond and a bond for costs in the same bond. (See Rule 8.)
Rule 10(b) requires that proof of service of the order for transcript and a copy of the stipulation of excluded portions, if any, be filed with the clerk of the trial court with the notice of appeal. Rule 12(a) requires that the docket fee accompany the filing of the notice of appeal. Thus in most civil cases the filing of the notice of appeal, the bond for costs or equivalent security, proof of service of the order for transcript, the stipulation of excluded transcript portions, if any, and payment of the docket fee must occur at the same time.
Although filing the bond for costs or equivalent security is not required to invoke the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and does not affect the validity of the appeal, Rule 3(a) provides that failure of the appellant to take this step is grounds for such action as the Supreme Court deems appropriate, which may include dismissal of the appeal. (See, e.g., Community Memorial Hospital v. Olson, 246 N.W.2d 91 (N.D. 1976). Rule 7 was repealed, effective _________________.
SOURCES: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of April 26-27, 2001, pages 3-4; September 28-29, 2000, page 13; January 27-28, 2000, page 9; September 23-24, 1999, pages 16-17; May 25-26, 1978, pages 3-5; March 16-17, 1978, page 1; January 12-13, 1978, pages 3-4; October 27-28, 1977, pages 12-13. Fed.R.App.P. 7.
STATUTES AFFECTED:
SUPERSEDED: N.D.C.C. §§ 28-27-09, 28-27-10, 28-27-20, 28-27-21, 28-27-22, and 28-27-23.
CROSS REFERENCE: N.D.R.App.P. 3 (Appeal as of Right--How Taken), N.D.R.App.P. 7 (Bond for Costs on Appeal in Civil Cases), N.D.R.App.P. 8 (Stay or Injunction Pending Appeal), N.D.R.App.P. 10 (The Record on Appeal), and N.D.R.App.P. 12 (Docketing the Appeal).