§ RULE 62 STAY OF PROCEEDINGS TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT

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RULE 62. STAY OF PROCEEDINGS TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT

    (a) Automatic Stay; Exceptions. Except as otherwise ordered by the court, no execution or enforcement proceedings shall issue on any judgment or decree until after the expiration of ten (10) days from the entry thereof. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, an interlocutory or final judgment in an action for an injunction or in a receivership action shall not be stayed during the period after its entry and until an appeal is taken or during the pendency of an appeal. The provisions of subdivision (c) of this rule govern the suspending, modifying, restoring or granting of an injunction during the pendency of an appeal.

    (b) Stay on Motion for New Trial or for Judgment. In its discretion and on such conditions for the security of the adverse party as are proper, the court may stay the execution or any proceedings to enforce a judgment pending the disposition of a motion for a new trial or to alter or amend a judgment made pursuant to Rule 59, or of a motion for relief from a judgment or order made pursuant to Rule 60, or of a motion for judgment in accordance with a motion for a directed verdict made pursuant to Rule 50, or of a motion for amendment to the findings or for additional findings made pursuant to Rule 52(b).

    (c) Injunction Pending Appeal. When an appeal is taken from an interlocutory or final judgment granting, dissolving or denying an injunction, the court from which the appeal is taken, in its discretion, may suspend, modify, restore or grant an injunction during the pendency of the appeal upon such terms as to bond or otherwise as it considers proper for the security of the rights of the adverse party.

    (d) Stay Upon Appeal. When an appeal is taken, the appellant by giving a supersedeas bond may obtain a stay subject to the exceptions contained in subdivision (a) of this rule, and except as to child custody orders and similar orders. The bond may be given at or after the time of filing the notice of appeal. After an appeal has been docketed in the appellate court, application for leave to file a bond may be made only in such court.

    (e) Stay in Favor of State or an Agency Thereof. When an appeal is taken by the State of Arkansas or an officer or agency thereof and the operation or enforcement of the judgment is stayed, no bond, obligation or other security shall be required from the appellant.

    (f) Power of Appellate Court Not Limited. The provisions of this rule do not limit any power of the appellate court to stay
proceedings during the pendency of an appeal, or to suspend, modify, restore or grant an injunction during the pendency of any appeal or to make any order appropriate to preserve the status quo or the effectiveness of the judgment subsequently to be entered.

    (g) Stay of Judgment as to Multiple Claims or Parties. When a court has ordered a final judgment under the conditions stated in Rule 54(b), the court may stay enforcement of that judgment until the entering of a subsequent judgment or judgments and may prescribe such conditions as are necessary to secure the benefit thereof to the party in whose favor the judgment is entered.