(a) Notice of Appeal; Time for Filing; Bond. If either party in a civil action believes that the judgment of the county court is in error, that party may appeal to the district court by filing a notice of appeal in the county court within 14 days after the date of entry of judgment. The notice shall be in the form appearing in the Appendix to Chapter 25, Form 4, C.R.C.P. If the notice of the entry of judgment is transmitted to the parties by mail, the time for the filing of the notice of appeal shall commence from the date of the mailing of the notice. The appealing party shall also file within the said 14 days an appeal bond with the clerk of the county court. The bond shall be furnished by a corporate surety authorized and licensed to do business in this state as a surety, or one or more sufficient private sureties, or may be a cash deposit by the appellant and, if the appeal is taken by the plaintiff, shall be conditioned to pay the costs of the appeal and the counterclaim, if any, and, if the appeal be taken by the defendant, shall be conditioned to pay the costs and judgment if the appealing party fail. The bond shall be approved by the judge or the clerk. Upon filing of the notice of appeal, the posting and approval of the bond, and the deposit by the appellant of an estimated fee in advance for preparing the record, the county court shall discontinue all further proceedings and recall any execution issued. The appellant shall also, within 35 days after the filing of the notice of appeal, docket the case in the district court and pay the docket fee. (b) Preparation of Record on Appeal. Upon the deposit of the estimated record fee, the clerk of the court shall prepare and issue as soon as may be possible a record of the proceedings in the county court, including the summons, the complaint, proof of service, and the judgment. The record shall also include a transcription of such part of the actual evidence and other proceedings as the parties may designate or, in lieu of transcription, to which they may stipulate. If a stenographic record has been maintained or the parties agree to stipulate, the party appealing shall lodge with the clerk of the court the reporter's transcript of the designated evidence or proceedings, or a stipulation covering such items within 42 days after the filing of the notice of appeal. If the proceedings have been electronically recorded, the transcription of designated evidence and proceedings shall be prepared in the office of the clerk of the county court or under the supervision of the clerk, within 42 days after the filing of the notice of appeal. The clerk shall notify, in writing, the opposing parties of the completion of the record, and such parties shall have 14 days within which to file objections. If none are received, the record shall be certified forthwith by the judge. If objections are made, the parties shall be called for hearing and the objections settled by the county judge as soon as possible, and the record then certified. (c) Filing of record. When the record has been duly certified and any additional fees therefor paid, it shall be filed with the clerk of the district court by the clerk of the county court, and the opposing parties shall be notified of such filing by the clerk of the county court. (d) Briefs. A written brief shall contain a statement of the matters relied upon as constituting error and the arguments with respect thereto. It shall be filed in the district court by the appellant 21 days after filing of the record therein. A copy of such brief shall be served on the appellee. The appellee may file an answering brief within 21 days after such service. In the discretion of the district court, the time for filing of briefs and answers may be extended. When the briefs have been filed the matter shall stand at issue and shall be determined on the record and the briefs, with such oral argument as the court in its discretion may allow. No trial shall be held de novo in the district court unless the record of the proceedings in the county court have been lost or destroyed or for some other valid reason cannot be produced; or unless a party by proper proof to the court establishes that there is new and material evidence unknown and undiscoverable at the time of the trial in the county court which, if presented in a de novo trial in the district court, might affect the outcome. (e) Determination of Appeal. Unless there is further review by the Supreme Court upon writ of certiorari and pursuant to the rules of such court, after final disposition of the appeal by the district court, the judgment on appeal therein shall be certified to the county court for action as directed by the district court, except upon trials de novo held in the district court or in cases in which the judgment is modified, in which cases the judgment shall be that of the district court and enforced therefrom. (a)(2) amended June 9, 1988, effective 1/1/1989; entire rule amended July 22, 1993, effective 1/1/1994; (a), (b), and (d) amended and adopted12/14/2011, effective 7/1/2012; (a) and (b) corrected6/15/2012, nunc pro tunc,12/14/2011, effective 7/1/2012; (b) amended and effective 6/7/2013; (a) and (b) amended and effective 10/10/2013. ANNOTATION The provisions of this section requiring the filing of an appeal bond for costs are not applicable to indigent plaintiffs. Bell v. Simpson, 918 P.2d 1123 (Colo. 1996). A county court party found to be indigent and allowed to proceed in forma pauperis is not required to post a judgment bond before appealing to district court. O'Donnell v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 186 P.3d 46 (Colo. 2008). However, as with appeals from the district court to the court of appeals, the prevailing party in the county court would be able to execute the judgment while the appeal is still pending because the judgment would not have been stayed by a judgment bond. O'Donnell v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 186 P.3d 46 (Colo. 2008). Time for docketing appeals. Subsection (1)(b) of § 13-6-311 , relating to appeals from county court, and section (a)(1) of this rule clearly provide that the docketing must take place no later than the time allowed for completing and lodging the record. Tumbarello v. Superior Court, 195 Colo. 83, 575 P.2d 431 (1978). Applied in Bachman v. County Court, 43 Colo. App. 175, 602 P.2d 899 (1979).