If a defendant fails to present the appeal bond within the required time, the court can refuse to send it to the county court.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Only if the bond is over a certain amount
• D. The court must send it anyway

Answer: (B)

The key idea is that appealing a municipal court judgment to the county court involves two separate steps: timely notice of appeal and posting an appeal bond to stay the sentence. The transmission of the case to the county court is triggered by a timely notice of appeal, not by whether the appeal bond has been filed on time. The bond is a separate requirement that governs staying enforcement and securing costs, but it does not control the court’s obligation to send the record to the county court when an appeal is properly perfected. So, even if the bond isn’t filed within the exact time, the court must transmit the case to the county court if the appeal was timely perfected, and the bond issue can be addressed separately.