{"id":"PA-059","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor\u0027s Office and Department of State","authority":"Condition of the May 19, 2020 amendment (PA-058) and the Worker Safety Order (PA-008)","instrument":"Guidance for Businesses in the Real Estate Industry Permitted to Operate During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency (May 19, 2020), made mandatory by the closure-order amendment of the same date (PA-058) and the Yellow Phase Order (PA-010)","title":"Guidance for Businesses in the Real Estate Industry Permitted to Operate During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency to Ensure the Safety and Health of Employees and the Public","dateIssued":"2020-05-19","effective":"2020-05-19","end":"Superseded by the general reopening and mitigation orders","startDate":"2020-05-19","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["EMP","CAP"],"addressees":["real estate professionals, appraisers, notaries, title companies, settlement service providers, escrow officers, home inspectors, mortgage loan originators"],"clause":"This guidance document addresses the procedures businesses in the real estate industry must follow to limit the spread of COVID-19 to the extent they are permitted to conduct in-person operations. BUSINESSES SUBJECT TO THIS GUIDANCE. All businesses in the real estate industry, which includes real estate professionals, appraisers, notaries, title companies, settlement service providers, escrow officers, home inspectors, mortgage loan originators, [are subject to this guidance]... [showings by appointment; no more than the real estate professional and two others in a property; no open houses; virtual settlements where possible]","enforcement":"Mandatory (\u0027must follow\u0027) as a condition of the amended closure order","functions":["SH showings by appointment, no open houses","CL closings virtual where possible","AP appraisals and inspections conditioned"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200519-Real-Estate-Guidance.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200521172936/https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200519-Real-Estate-Guidance.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":145563,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-059","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-059","citation":"Governor\u0027s Office and Department of State, Guidance for Businesses in the Real Estate Industry Permitted to Operate During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency (May 19, 2020), made mandatory by the closure-order amendment of the same date (PA-058) and the Yellow Phase Order (PA-010) (Ex. PA-059)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["DUT-PA-008","DUT-PA-010","PA-058"]}