Rule 85.17.Bonds Continue--When.

A bond filed under Rule 85 — whether the claimant’s under Rule 85.08, the owner’s under Rule 85.09, or the nonowner’s under Rule 85.10 — is meant to secure obligations that may not be resolved until the case is truly over. Rule 85.17 makes sure the bond does not lapse before then. It keeps any bond in force through the trial court proceedings until the judgment there becomes final.

The rule then addresses what happens if the case does not end there. If an appeal follows, the bond does not expire when the trial court’s judgment becomes final in that court; instead, it stays in force until the civil action itself is finally determined, meaning through the conclusion of the appeal. This prevents a gap in coverage exactly when an appeal could still change the outcome and the bond’s conditions — like the claimant’s promise to refund money not justly due, or the owner’s promise to pay an adjudged amount — could still come into play.

Rule 85.16 confirms that appellate procedure in an attachment case runs the same as in any other civil action, and Rule 85.17 makes sure the financial security behind the attachment tracks that same timeline, instead of running out partway through. Rule 85.24 gives an injured party the right to sue on a bond that is breached, and this rule ensures that right is not cut short by an early expiration of the bond’s term.