{"id":"NJ-096","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of New Jersey; Notice to the Bar by Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D.","authority":"N.J. Const. art. VI, sec. 2, para. 3","instrument":"Supreme Court Second Omnibus Order on Court Operations and Legal Practice (April 24, 2020), with Notice to the Bar","title":"Jury trials and grand juries suspended through May 31, 2020; landlord-tenant trials suspended through May 31, 2020 and residential lockouts suspended; municipal court sessions resume remotely (with consent from April 27; generally from May 11, 2020); most extensions and tolling end May 10, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-04-24","effective":"2020-04-24; staged dates April 27, May 10 and May 11, 2020","end":"Continued by later omnibus orders; new jury trials authorized from Sept. 21, 2020 (Seventh Omnibus Order, NJ-099)","startDate":"2020-04-24","endDate":"2020-09-21","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all courts, attorneys and litigants","landlords and tenants","municipal courts"],"clause":"Notice: \u0022Since transitioning to virtual operations, the courts have conducted more than 12,000 remote court events involving more than 80,000 participants.\u0022... \u0022Efforts to resolve matters in Landlord/Tenant (LT), Special Civil (DC), and Small Claims (SC) cases will continue even while trials in those matters are suspended.\u0022... \u0022The Court\u0027s Order lifts the suspension of Municipal Court sessions. As of April 27, 2020, remote proceedings in the Municipal Courts may be conducted with the consent of all parties. Effective May 11, 2020, with appropriate notice to the parties, Municipal Court sessions can resume in individual Municipal Courts. Sessions may only proceed by video or phone.\u0022... \u0022Jury Trials and Grand Jury Proceedings Are Still Suspended. It remains impracticable to plan for in-person jury trials or grand jury proceedings. The April 24 Order continues the suspension of petit and grand juries through May 31, 2020.\u0022 Order: \u0022k. Landlord/tenant trials are suspended through May 31, 2020, and lockouts of residential tenants (evictions) are suspended\u0022.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court","functions":["CT courts (remote only; jury and grand jury suspended)","PM/SV landlord-tenant trials and lockouts suspended","CL real estate and lending litigation","CS law practice conducted remotely"],"notes":"Real estate and legal services: landlord-tenant trials suspended by the Court in parallel with the Governor\u0027s removal moratorium (EO 106).","sourceUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200505041637id_/https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n200424a.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200505041637/https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n200424a.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":812187,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-096","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-096","citation":"Supreme Court of New Jersey; Notice to the Bar by Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D, Supreme Court Second Omnibus Order on Court Operations and Legal Practice (April 24, 2020), with Notice to the Bar (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. NJ-096)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-099","NJ-090","NJ-091"]}