Within five days after the filing of the notice of appeal and the payment of any fees required by law, the clerk of the small claims court must transmit the file and all related papers, including the notice of appeal, to the clerk of the court assigned to hear the appeal.
When you file a notice of appeal in a small claims case and pay any required fees, the small claims court clerk has five days to send your case file to the court that will hear your appeal. This includes all papers related to your case, as well as the notice of appeal itself.
You do not need to do anything to make this transfer happen. It is the clerk's job to forward everything automatically once you have filed and paid.
Summary generated March 14, 2026
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Rule 8.957 renumbered effective January 1, 2009; adopted as rule 153 effective July 1, 1964; previously amended effective July 1, 1972, July 1, 1973, January 1, 1977, and January 1, 2005; amended and renumbered as rule 8.907 effective January 1, 2007.
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