The Appellate Shield (Arizona)
Four lanes: what the statute makes appealable, the notice-of-appeal clock stated with radical honesty (the appellate rulebook is a ledgered blocker — so no deadline number renders here), the triple-lesser supersedeas bond Arizona wrote into statute, and the special-action lane on the theaters board. The trial-court clocks live in the deadline registry.
What may be appealed — the statute's own menu
A.R.S. § 12-2101 lists the appealable judgments and orders — final judgments (with the statute's own forcible-detainer exception for annual rental value under $300), special orders after final judgment, and the enumerated interlocutory instances.
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Final judgments entered in an action or special proceeding commenced in — or brought into — superior court.
A.R.S. § 12-2101(A)(1)
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Special orders made after final judgment, and the statute's enumerated order categories.
A.R.S. § 12-2101(A)(2)–(11)
Whether an order is appealable — and whether to appeal it — is legal judgment for a licensed Arizona attorney.
The notice-of-appeal clock — stated honestly
The NOA deadline lives in the Arizona Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure (ARCAP 9). The appellate rulebook is a LEDGERED BLOCKER in this corpus — its base adopting order is not publicly posted — so no deadline number renders here.
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The clock's home is ARCAP 9 — verify the current deadline from the court's published rules before relying on any number.
ARCAP 9 (not loaded — order-ledger blocker, stated plainly)
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Post-judgment motions can affect the appellate clock motion-specifically — that interaction is counsel work.
ARCAP (not loaded); Ariz. R. Civ. P. 50, 52, 59 (loaded)
A deadline the platform cannot pin to loaded text is a deadline it will not print — the honest gap is the feature.
Staying execution — the § 12-2108 triple-lesser bond
Arizona set the supersedeas bond BY STATUTE as the LESSER of three numbers: the damages awarded excluding punitives, fifty percent of the appellant's net worth, or twenty-five million dollars — with a clear-and-convincing dissipation exception that restores the full amount.
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The bond to stay execution during all appeals is the lesser of: total damages excluding punitive damages; 50% of the appellant's net worth; or $25,000,000.
A.R.S. § 12-2108(A)
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If the appellee proves by clear and convincing evidence the appellant is intentionally dissipating assets outside the ordinary course, the court may set the bond up to the full amount.
A.R.S. § 12-2108(B)
Bond strategy — and the net-worth showing — is legal judgment; the numbers above are the statute's, verbatim-pinned.
The extraordinary lane — special actions
Arizona's mandamus/prohibition/certiorari practice is the SPECIAL ACTION — the machine lives on the theaters board with its statutory anchors; the special-action rulebook itself is honestly not loaded.
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The mandamus standard: no plain, adequate and speedy remedy at law (loaded, statute-side).
A.R.S. § 12-2021
The platform never predicts whether extraordinary relief will be granted — it shows the lane and routes the judgment.