(a) An applicant may appeal the commissioner’s denial of an application or the commissioner’s order affirming the denial only after a final order is entered. The commissioner is defendant in the appeal.
(b) A party to the action may appeal the court’s decision. The appeal is returnable to the appellate court at once and has precedence in that court over any cause of a different character pending in that court.

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Terms Used In Texas Finance Code 62.557

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

(c) The commissioner is not required to give an appeal bond in a cause arising under this subchapter.
(d) Filing an appeal under this section does not stay an order of the commissioner that is adverse to the applicant.