The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- O.C.G.A. §§ 38-3-60 to -64
- Issued
- 2020-03-14 Mar. 14, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-14
- End
- Apr. 13, 2020 11:59 p.m. unless extended; extended by monthly orders (Apr. 6, May 11, June 12, July 10, Aug. 11, Sept. 10, Oct. 10, Nov. 9, Dec. 9, 2020; Jan. 8, Feb. 7, Mar. 9, Apr. 8, May 7, June 7, 2021) to June 30, 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all courts and clerks of court in Georgia
- litigants and counsel
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Travel, gatherings, courts and public offices ECO-C
Operative words
[For] the period of this Order, the undersigned hereby suspends, tolls, extends, and otherwise grants relief from any deadlines or other time schedules or filing requirements imposed by otherwise applicable statutes, rules, regulations, or court orders, whether in civil or criminal cases... [including] time within which to serve a party; (10) time within which to appeal
Enforcement
O.C.G.A. § 38-3-63 (notice and service on all judges and clerks)
Notes
Jury trials suspended statewide March 14 to October 2020 (resumption by local plan from Oct. 10, 2020), suspended again Dec. 9, 2020 to Feb. 7, 2021.