Rule 8-421 - Docketing of Appeals(a) Generally. The Clerk need not docket an appeal until the record in the action has been received in the Clerk's office. In the Appellate Court the Clerk need not docket the appeal until the filing fee provided by Rule 8-201(b) has been received by the Clerk or waived. When the record is received on or after March first in any term, the Clerk shall place the appeal on the docket for the next term.(b) Separate Appeals on Same Record. All appeals on the same record, whether in the same action or in two or more actions consolidated in the lower court, shall be docketed as one action on appeal.Md. R. Rev. Ct. App. & Spec. App. 8-421
This Rule is derived from former Rules 1004 and 804.
Adopted Nov. 19, 1987, eff. 7/1/1988. Amended Sept. 8, 2011, eff. 1/1/2012; amended April 21, 2023, eff. 4/1/2023.HISTORICAL NOTES
2011 Orders
The September 8, 2011, order, in section (a), deleted the third section, which read: "Ordinarily, the Clerk shall docket appeals in the order in which the records are received.