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Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-040 Order Primary source read

Release: Delaware Courts to lift judicial emergency on July 13, 2021 and lift mask mandate for the fully vaccinated on July 1, 2021

Release announcing the sixteenth and final extension (to July 13, 2021), the end of the mask mandate for fully vaccinated persons on July 1, 2021 (unvaccinated persons still required to mask), 100 percent staffing from July 6, 2021, and continued distancing and plexiglass

Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz · Delaware Judiciary (statewide) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Delaware Judiciary (statewide) · Delaware
Level
Court
Authority
10 Del. C. § 2004 (recited)
Issued
2021-06-29 June 29, 2021
Effective
2021-07-01 (mask change); 2021-07-13 (emergency ends) (read as 2021-07-01)
End
2021-07-13 (judicial emergency); masks reimposed Aug. 16, 2021 (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-062) (read as 2021-07-13)
In force
July 1, 2021 to July 13, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • the public and the bar
  • judicial employees
Functions reached
  • CT courts and agencies (Q3 2021 status: emergency to July 13; masks for unvaccinated; distancing)
Collection
State courts AGY-ST-COURTS

Operative words

The order, which is the 16th such extension of the Judicial Emergency since it was first declared by the Chief Justice on March 16, 2020, will lift the state of emergency on July 13, 2021 and restore normal court rules and procedures including amended speedy trial guidelines... Those who are not yet fully vaccinated or are immunocompromised must continue to wear masks in Delaware Court facilities.... other COVID-19 precautions will remain in place for now, including social distancing and the use of plexiglass shields

Enforcement

n/a (release); the order is AO No. 22 (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-061)

Notes

Fixes the end date of Delaware's judicial emergency inside Q3 2021 (July 13, 2021) and the measures that survived it.

Retrieval note

Court's file name 'emergency order 2.29 final' is the release of June 29, 2021; the order itself is Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-061.