§ 25-1306.Dissolution of lien; deposit; bond; appellate proceedings.

A money judgment usually creates a general lien on the debtor’s property. That lien can complicate an appeal — it ties up property the debtor may want to sell or use as collateral while the appeal is pending. Section 25-1306 gives a debtor pursuing proceedings in error or an appeal a way to lift that lien without paying the judgment outright.

The debtor deposits the full sum of the judgment, interest, and costs with the court that rendered it, where the money sits until the appellate proceedings end. Alongside the deposit, the debtor files a bond in whatever amount the court or judge sets, with sureties the clerk approves, conditioned to pay interest on the judgment debt and costs that accrue if the judgment is affirmed. Once both the payment is made and the bond is filed and approved, the general lien of the judgment dissolves.

This section applies specifically to judgments for the payment of money only. It gives the debtor a way to protect the judgment creditor’s ultimate recovery — the money is on deposit, and the bond covers additional interest and costs — while freeing the debtor’s other property from the lien during the appeal.