Title 15, CIVIL PROCEDURE

Upon compliance with § 15-38-25 the clerk of the circuit court shall immediately transmit a certified copy of the notice of appeal to the magistrate whose order or judgment has been appealed. Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-4, Rule 2 (d).

Before the expiration of the time for appeal, the appellant shall file a filing fee of ten dollars and a bond for costs on appeal or equivalent security to be approved by the court in a sum not less than one hundred dollars in any case, nor less than the amount of the judgment an…

The bond described in § 15-38-27 shall be deemed waived if appellant shall file with the clerk the written consent of each appellee, and the filing fee and bond may be waived by the filing of an affidavit of indigency. Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-4, Rule 3 (b).

Failure of an appellant to take any step other than timely service and filing of a notice of appeal does not affect the validity of the appeal, but is grounds for such action as the circuit court deems appropriate, which may include dismissal of the appeal. Source: Supreme Court …

Upon receipt of the notice of appeal, the clerk of court shall assemble and number the pages of all pleadings, documents, papers, and exhibits filed in the action and forward them to the clerk of the circuit court within ten days of the filing of the notice of appeal. Source: Sup…

If anything material to either party is omitted from the record or is misstated therein, the parties by stipulation, or the magistrate or circuit court, on motion by a party or on its own initiative, may direct the record be corrected. Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-4, Rule 4 (b).

Except in small claims proceedings, a verbatim record of all proceedings and evidence at trials before a magistrate shall be maintained either by electrical devices or by stenographic means, as the magistrate may direct, but if any party to the action requests stenographic report…

When an appeal is taken, the appellant shall petition the circuit court for an order that a transcript of the verbatim record of the proceedings be prepared. The transcript shall be filed within thirty days of the service of the order upon the court reporter. The transcript may b…

The cost of the preparation of the transcript shall be paid by the appellant upon the filing of the same. Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-4, Rule 5 (c).

The transcript shall be prepared in the form and manner prescribed for transcripts in appeals to the Supreme Court. Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-4, Rule 5 (d).

The briefs shall be prepared in the form and manner prescribed for appeals to the Supreme Court unless otherwise set by rule of the circuit court. Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-4, Rule 6 (a).

Unless the times are shortened by the circuit court, the appellant shall serve and file his brief within thirty days after the filing of the transcript or within thirty days after notice of appeal where there is no transcript. The appellee shall serve and file his brief within th…

When an appeal is taken to the circuit court from a judgment rendered in a magistrate court with a magistrate judge presiding, the circuit may review all matters appearing in the record relevant to the question of whether the judgment appealed from is erroneous; the circuit court…

When an appeal is taken to the circuit court from a judgment rendered in a magistrate court with a magistrate presiding who is not law trained, the circuit court shall review the appeal as in § 15-38-38 ; provided, that the circuit court in its discretion, may receive further evi…

When an appeal is taken to the circuit court from a judgment rendered in a magistrate court and no verbatim record of the proceedings is available, the circuit court shall direct that the case be tried de novo. Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-4, Rule 7 (c).