Code of Civil Procedure Article 77-1

The court shall determine the value of a claim.The claim's value will be determined based on its transaction value when the action is initiated or, in the absence of such transaction value, the interests in the claim are owned by the plaintiff.To determine the value of a claim, the court may investigate evidence on its initiative.An interlocutory appeal may be taken from a ruling on the value of the claim made by the provision of the first paragraph; before the appeal court makes a ruling, the parties should be allowed to state their opinions. The court's ruling requiring the payment of the balance of trial cost shall also be subject to the court of appeal ruling.When the ruling on determining the claim's value is finalized, the court and the parties shall be bound by it.