If you don’t appeal after the first instance verdict, what will happen if you refuse to accept the verdict and how many years will it take?

1. If the judgment has taken effect before 10 years of 2013, the retrial period of 2 years shall apply. Effective after January 2013, the retrial period is 6 months. After the retrial period expires, the parties concerned cannot apply for retrial, but they can report the situation to the superior court or the petition department of the superior procuratorate. If there is an error in judgment in the case, trial supervision procedures can be initiated.

2. Civil Procedure Law

Article 205: A party's application for retrial shall be submitted within six months after the judgment or ruling becomes legally effective. If there are any circumstances specified in Paragraph 1, Paragraph 3, Paragraph 12 or Paragraph 13 of Article 200 of this Law, it shall be filed within six months from the date when it becomes known or should have become known.

Article 198: If the president of the people's court at any level discovers errors in the legally effective judgments, rulings and mediation documents of the court and believes that a retrial is necessary, he shall submit the case to the judicial committee for discussion and decision.

If the Supreme People's Court finds errors in the legally effective judgments, rulings and mediation documents made by local people's courts at all levels and the people's courts at higher levels, it has the right to remand or instruct the people's courts at lower levels to try again.

Article 209: In any of the following circumstances, the parties concerned may submit procuratorial suggestions or protests to the People’s Procuratorate:

(1) The People’s Court rejects the retrial application;

(2) The people's court fails to make a ruling on the retrial application within the time limit;

(3) The retrial judgment or ruling contains obvious errors.