Short answer. You submit a motion to the trial court, attaching certified true copies of the judgment (or final order) and of its entry, with notice to the other side. Once your appeal has been duly perfected and finally resolved in your favor, execution may then be applied for in the court of origin on that basis.
What the law says
If the appeal has been duly perfected and finally resolved, the execution may forthwith be applied for in the court of origin, on motion of the judgment obligee, submitting therewith certified true copies of the judgment or judgments or final order or orders sought to be enforced and of the entry thereof, with notice to the adverse party.
Rule 39, Section 1 — Execution upon judgments or final orders. Read the full provision →
The three things the rule asks for
Once your appeal is duly perfected and finally resolved in your favor, the rule lets you go straight back to the court of origin — the trial court that heard the case originally — and ask it to enforce the judgment. To do that, you file a motion as the judgment obligee (the party the judgment favors), and you submit with it certified true copies of the judgment or final order you want enforced, together with certified true copies of its entry. Both documents need to be certified, not plain copies.
Why the entry of judgment matters as much as the judgment itself
The entry of judgment is the record showing when the appellate decision became final and executory — the point at which it can no longer be appealed or reconsidered. A trial court asked to execute a judgment needs to see not just what was decided, but proof that the decision is truly final. That is why the rule requires certified copies of the entry alongside the judgment itself: the entry is what tells the court its authority to execute has actually been triggered.
Notice to the other side is not optional
The rule expressly requires notice to the adverse party when you file this motion. The losing party in the appeal is entitled to know that execution is being sought and has the opportunity to be heard on the motion before the trial court acts on it. Skipping notice, or serving it defectively, can undermine the motion regardless of how solid your judgment is, since the requirement is built directly into the rule that grants you the right to move for execution.
How this differs from execution where there was no appeal
This procedure is specific to judgments that went up on appeal and came back final. Where no appeal was taken at all, execution issues as a matter of right simply upon motion once the period to appeal has expired, without the same certified-copies-of-entry step, because there is no appellate record to establish finality from. The appellate court itself also retains the power, on motion in the same case, to direct the trial court to issue the writ where the interest of justice calls for it, as an alternative route to the same result.