As soon as an application for an appeal is made to the commissioner he shall deliver to the party applying for the appeal a certified transcript or copy of all the proceedings had in his office relative to the conflicting claims. The party shall forthwith file the transcript in the office of the clerk of the parish in which the land is situated and give security for costs as in ordinary cases, and the matter shall be tried by the court de novo.
La. R.S. § 41:11
SEE ACTS 1989, NO. 282, §5.