Art. 5002 Delay for appeal

If you get a judgment from a city court or parish court and you want to appeal it, you only have 10 days to act. That clock starts either on the date the judgment was made, or on the date you were formally notified of it, if notice was required in your case.

If you file a request for a new trial and you do it on time, the 10-day clock doesn't start right away. Instead, it starts the day after the court denies your request for a new trial. If you needed formal notice of that denial, the clock starts when you receive that notice instead.

The main point is this: you have a short window to appeal, so you need to know exactly when your clock starts ticking. Missing this deadline can cost you the right to appeal at all, so it's worth marking the date carefully and acting quickly.