§ 16-67-315 - Transcript or bill of exceptions -- Extension of time for filing -- Authentication.
16-67-315. Transcript or bill of exceptions -- Extension of time for filing -- Authentication.
(a) In all cases where a prayer for appeal is granted by the trial court and supersedeas bond filed in the manner provided by law, the Arkansas Supreme Court may, and is given authority, on showing of unavoidable casualty such as the death of the official reporter, the length of the trial record, or for other meritorious cause shown, to extend the time for filing a transcript or a bill of exceptions, as the case may be, by its order or by writ of certiorari, for an additional period of time not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days from and after the expiration of the appeal period now provided by law.
(b) In the preparation of the transcript or bill of exceptions on appeal the trial judge is vested with authority during the one hundred twenty-day extension period to pass upon and authenticate the transcript or bill of exceptions by his or her certificate in the same manner as now provided by law.