2010 US Code
Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 28 - APPENDIX
FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Rule 7 - Bond for Costs on Appeal in a Civil Case
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE TITLE 28 - APPENDIX FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE TITLE II. APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT OR ORDER OF A DISTRICT COURT Rule 7 - Bond for Costs on Appeal in a Civil Case |
| Contains | rule 7 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 7, 2011 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | As amended Apr. 30, 1979, eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Apr. 24, 1998, eff. Dec. 1, 1998. |
Rule 7. Bond for Costs on Appeal in a Civil Case
In a civil case, the district court may require an appellant to file a bond or provide other security in any form and amount necessary to ensure payment of costs on appeal. Rule 8(b) applies to a surety on a bond given under this rule.
(As amended Apr. 30, 1979, eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Apr. 24, 1998, eff. Dec. 1, 1998.)
Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules—1967This rule is derived from FRCP 73(c) without change in substance.
Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules—1979 AmendmentThe amendment would eliminate the provision of the present rule that requires the appellant to file a 0 bond for costs on appeal at the time of filing his notice of appeal. The 0 provision was carried forward in the F.R.App.P. from former Rule 73(c) of the F.R.Civ.P., and the 0 figure has remained unchanged since the adoption of that rule in 1937. Today it bears no relationship to actual costs. The amended rule would leave the question of the need for a bond for costs and its amount in the discretion of the court.
Committee Notes on Rules—1998 AmendmentThe language of the rule is amended to make the rule more easily understood. In addition to changes made to improve the understanding, the Advisory Committee has changed language to make style and terminology consistent throughout the appellate rules. These changes are intended to be stylistic only.
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