{"id":"MET-PHX-025","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Maricopa County, Arizona (Superior Court)","state":"AZ","metro":"PHX","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding Judge","authority":"Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Order 2021-109","instrument":"Administrative Order No. 2021-103","title":"In the Matter of Lifting Restrictions on Physical Access to Court Facilities Due to a Public Health Emergency (replacing AO 2021-073)","dateIssued":"2021-07-16","effective":"2021-07-19","end":"Amended by AO 2021-112 (July 28) and 2021-119 (Aug. 4, 2021); in force Sept. 30, 2021","startDate":"2021-07-19","endDate":"2021-08-04","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","MASK","EMP","GATH"],"addressees":["the public","litigants, jurors, lawyers","judicial branch employees"],"clause":"THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that effective July 19, 2021, public access restrictions for Judicial Branch facilities in Maricopa County will be lifted. Social distancing requirements will remain at six feet apart, but will be reduced to three feet effective August 2, 2021. Health screening upon entry and previously ordered mask requirements will remain in place.... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all other persons entering a court facility shall wear a mask or face covering when they are in a posted Mask Mandated Area of a court facility... Any person who refuses to wear a mask or face covering as directed by court personnel will be denied entrance or removed from the facility.... Mask Mandated Areas shall include, but are not limited to, courtrooms, jury assembly areas, law libraries, self-help centers, information [counters].","enforcement":"Denial of entry or removal","functions":["CT/CRT courts, clerks, self-help centers","OP legal practice (hearings both in person and remote)","WF jurors and employees (screening, masks)"],"notes":"Recites that on March 19, 2020 the Judicial Branch in Maricopa County limited the public\u0027s physical access and \u0027maintained public access limitations\u0027 through July 18, 2021, with screening, mask mandates and distancing.","sourceUrl":"https://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/SuperiorCourt/AdministrativeOrders/AdminOrders/AO%202021-103.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":190160,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PHX","url":"/library/MET-PHX-025","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PHX-025","citation":"Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding Judge, Administrative Order No. 2021-103 (July 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHX-025)","stateName":"Arizona","related":["MET-PHX-014","MET-PHX-015","MET-PHX-016","MET-PHX-004","MET-PHX-003"]}