{"id":"SC-049","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty","authority":"S.C. Const. art. V, § 4; CARES Act § 4024 (certification)","instrument":"Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02)","title":"Resumption of evictions and foreclosures May 15, 2020 with CARES Act certification","dateIssued":"2020-04-30","effective":"2020-05-15 (resumption)","end":"Certification requirement continued while the CARES Act moratorium applied","startDate":"2020-05-15","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CRT","MASK","GATH"],"addressees":["magistrates and masters-in-equity","persons pursuing eviction or foreclosure"],"clause":"IT IS ORDERED that all evictions currently ordered and scheduled statewide shall resume May 15, 2020.... Master-in-Equity courts statewide shall resume foreclosure hearings, foreclosure sales, issuing writs of assistance and writs of ejectments... beginning May 15, 2020.... the judge shall require the person or entity pursuing eviction or foreclosure to certify in writing that the real estate at issue is not subject to the limitations and requirements of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.... any in-person hearings held pursuant to this order must be staggered... There shall be at least 30 minutes between the ending of a hearing and the beginning of another.... Judges are authorized to require that everyone attending in-person hearings wear a mask or other facial covering.","enforcement":"Administrative order; supersedes the Mar. 18, 2020 order","functions":["PM evictions","SV foreclosure and servicing","CB"],"notes":"Fixes the South Carolina moratorium at Mar. 17/18 - May 15, 2020 (58 days).","sourceUrl":"https://www.sccourts.org/media/courtOrders/HTMLFiles/2020-04-30-02.htm","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":57915,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-049","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-049","citation":"Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02) (Ex. SC-049)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-046","SC-048","SC-051","SC-063"]}