General Administrative Order No. 2020-01: COVID-19 Emergency Measures

The record

Jurisdiction

Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois · Illinois

Level

Court

Authority

Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b); the court's inherent authority

Issued

2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020

Effective

2020-03-17 (as published; continued in 30-day increments, amended through May 28, 2020) (read as 2020-03-17)

End

Superseded by G.A.O. 2020-02 (eff. July 6/Aug. 21, 2020, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-032) (read as 2020-08-21)

In force

Mar. 17, 2020 to Aug. 21, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public offices

Addressees

• all judges and employees of the Circuit Court
• attorneys and litigants
• the Sheriff of Cook County
• landlords and tenants

Functions reached

• CT courts and agencies (every civil docket in Cook County continued)
• SV servicing and collections
• PM property management (eviction enforcement ceased Mar. 14, 2020)
• CL closings
• OF office and administration

Collection

State courts AGY-ST-COURTS

Operative words

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that except as provided below, all matters in all Districts and Divisions of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, are rescheduled and continued for a period of 30 days from the originally scheduled court date... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that except as necessary for the purposes enumerated below, all judges and employees of Circuit Court of Cook County shall be encouraged to work remotely and conduct business telephonically or via videoconference for a period of 30 days from the effective date of this order; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Sheriff of Cook County shall cease execution of eviction orders relating to residential real estate effective March 14, 2020.

Enforcement

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