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Statutes > Missouri > T35 > C512 > 512_050Notice of appeal--when filed--court reporter to be paid, when.
512.050. When an appeal is permitted by law from a trial court andwithin the time prescribed, a party or his agent may appeal from a judgmentor order by filing with the clerk of the trial court a notice of appeal.No such appeal shall be effective unless the notice of appeal shall befiled not later than ten days after the judgment or order appealed frombecomes final. All charges due to the court reporter for preparation ofthe transcript of the record of the trial court shall be paid within tendays of the ordering of the transcript. In the event that actual chargesdue for the preparation of the transcript cannot be readily determined, adeposit in the amount of the estimated charges due for preparation of thetranscript shall be paid within ten days of the written notification by thecourt reporter of the amount of such estimated charges. The court reportershall provide such written notification within ten days of any request fortranscript. After a timely filing of such notice of appeal, failure of theappellant to take any of the further steps to secure the review of thejudgment or order appealed from does not affect the validity of the appeal,but is ground for such action as the appellate court deems appropriate,which may include dismissal of the appeal.
(L. 1943 p. 353 § 129, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 1997 S.B. 248)(1973) An appeal is to be taken from the judgment entered on jury's verdict, not from order overruling motion for new trial. Safe-Buy Real Estate Agency, Inc. v. Hemphill (A.), 498 S.W.2d 599.
