A. An appeal from a judgment rendered by a city court or a parish court may be taken only within ten days from the date of the judgment or from the service of notice of judgment, when such notice is necessary. B. When an application for new trial is timely filed, however, the delay for appeal commences on the day after the motion is denied, or from service of notice of the order denying a new trial, when such notice is necessary.
Art. 5002.Delay For Appeal
Book VIII. Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction · Title II. Procedure In Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction · Chapter 3. Appeals From City and Parish Courts · Enacted 1986 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 30, 2026
In one sentenceArticle 5002 gives a party appealing a parish or city court judgment ten days from the judgment date or service of notice of judgment to take the appeal, with that delay restarting after a timely new trial motion is denied.
Full Text of Art. 5002
Amendment History
Acts 1986, No. 156, §1.
Plain-English Summary
Article 5002 sets a tight deadline for appealing a parish or city court judgment: ten days from the date of judgment, or from service of notice of judgment where notice is required. That window runs shorter than the fifteen days Article 4925 allows for appealing a justice of the peace court judgment, reflecting that a parish or city court appeal heads to the court of appeal on the record under Article 5001 rather than into a fresh trial de novo.
As with the justice of the peace delay, a timely motion for new trial does not shrink the time to appeal; it pauses it. When a party files that motion within the applicable delay, the ten-day appeal window does not begin running until the day after the motion is denied, or, where notice of that denial is required, from service of that notice.
Missing this ten-day delay generally forecloses an ordinary appeal from the parish or city court judgment, making it worth calendaring the moment judgment is signed or notice of it is served, rather than waiting to see whether a new trial motion might be filed.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long do I have to appeal a parish or city court judgment?
Ten days from the date of judgment, or from service of notice of judgment when notice is required, under Article 5002.
Is the appeal delay for parish and city courts the same as for justice of the peace courts?
No. Justice of the peace court appeals get fifteen days under Article 4925, five days longer than the ten days Article 5002 allows for parish and city court appeals.
Does filing a motion for new trial change my ten-day deadline?
Yes. The ten-day delay does not start until the day after the new trial motion is denied, or from service of notice of that denial where required.
Source & verification. Article text is reproduced verbatim from
the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (legis.la.gov). Enacted by the Louisiana Legislature.
Last verified July 30, 2026.
· Official source
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