The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide) · Delaware
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Court's administrative authority over mortgage-foreclosure proceedings; CARES Act § 4022; HUD Mortgagee Letters 2020-04, -13, -19; Governor's Sixth and Twenty-Third Modifications of the State of Emergency (all recited)
- Issued
- 2020-07-21 July 21, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-21
- End
- Not stated (continued while the federal moratoria applied; end not verified) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- July 21, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- mortgage foreclosure plaintiffs (lenders and servicers) and their counsel
- Functions reached
- SV servicing, collections and foreclosure (lenders and servicers)
- CL closings (REO and foreclosure sales)
- PM property management
- Collection
- State courts AGY-ST-COURTS
Operative words
NOW, THEREFORE, this 21st day of July, IT IS ORDERED that the Plaintiff, or an Authorized Agent of the Plaintiff file an Affidavit in Support of Compliance with the CARES Act (see Exhibit 1), before any action in a mortgage foreclosure matter may proceed.
Enforcement
Condition precedent to any step in a foreclosure action in the Superior Court
Notes
Recites the Governor's Sixth Modification (Mar. 24, 2020) moratorium on evictions and foreclosures 'to enable Delawareans to shelter in place safely' and its July 1, 2020 replacement, and HUD's FHA moratoria to Aug. 31, 2020.
Retrieval noteCourt's file name labels the document 'administrative order 2020-1 affidavit in support of compliance with the CARES Act'; an amended version (Aug. 2020) exists on the court's site (id=123308), not saved.