# Appeals - What happens to the collateral put up If the final ruling is neither the ruling proposed by the appealing party nor the confirming party a portion of the collateral is used to pay fees, and the rest is returned to the collateral's previous owner. The fees are used to pay the winning guardians and pay for the incentivized operations of drafting and settling penalties. The fees paid are, per guardian: * `Juror_Fee` * `Draft_Fee` * `Settle_Fee` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://legacy-docs.aragon.org/faq/products/aragon-court-faq/appeals-what-happens-to-the-collateral-put-up.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.