{"id":"FED-022","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (every State and territory with documented COVID-19 cases lacking an equal or stronger moratorium)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (signed by the CDC Director Sept. 1, 2020)","authority":"PHS Act § 361 (42 U.S.C. § 264); 42 C.F.R. § 70.2","instrument":"CDC Order: Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions To Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19","title":"Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions To Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 55292 (Sept. 4, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-09-01","effective":"2020-09-04 (publication) through 2020-12-31","end":"extended by Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260, div. N, § 502 to Jan. 31, 2021; then FED-023 (to Mar. 31, 2021), FED-024 (to June 30, 2021), FED-025 (to July 31, 2021); replaced by FED-026 (Aug. 3, 2021) which the Supreme Court vacated Aug. 26, 2021 (Alabama Ass\u0027n of Realtors v. HHS, 594 U.S. ___ (2021)) (Supreme Court order not saved in this folder.","startDate":"2020-09-04","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["every landlord, owner of residential property and person with a legal right to pursue eviction","courts and sheriffs executing evictions (through the federal offense created)"],"clause":"Under 42 CFR 70.2, a landlord, owner of a residential property, or other person with a legal right to pursue eviction or possessory action, shall not evict any covered person from any residential property in any jurisdiction to which this Order applies during the effective period of the Order.... This Order does not apply in any State, local, territorial, or tribal area with a moratorium on residential evictions that provides the same or greater level of public-health protection than the requirements listed in this Order.","enforcement":"Criminal: \u0027a person violating this Order may be subject to a fine of no more than $100,000 if the violation does not result in a death or one year in jail, or both... An organization violating this Order may be subject to a fine of no more than $200,000 per event if the violation does not result in a death or $500,000 per event if the violation results in a death\u0027 (18 U.S.C. §§ 3559, 3571; 42 U.S.C. § 271; 42 C.F.R. § 70.18)","functions":["PM property management (eviction and possessory actions suspended for covered persons)","SV servicing and collections (financial services)","CL/CT court and clerk functions (eviction dockets)","CB tenant base of real-estate and property-management firms"],"notes":"A federal order of general application that forbade a class of commercial transactions (possessory actions against covered tenants) in every State without an equal moratorium, from Sept. 4, 2020 through July 31, 2021 and then, for counties of substantial or high transmission, Aug. 3 to Aug. 26, 2021. Real estate (PM, LE), financial services (SV), professional services (CT: landlord-tenant practice), courts. The order\u0027s own text notes \u0027eviction moratoria and other protections from eviction have expired or are set to expire in many jurisdictions.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-09-04/pdf/2020-19654.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":244314,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-A","url":"/library/FED-022","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-022","citation":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (signed by the CDC Director Sept. 1, 2020), CDC Order: Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions To Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19 (Sept. 1, 2020) (Ex. FED-022)","stateName":"","related":["FED-023","FED-024","FED-025","FED-026","FED-066"]}