Supervisory Order, In the Matter of Ongoing Preparation for Coronavirus/COVID-19 Impact on Court Services

The record

Jurisdiction

Iowa (all State courts) · Iowa

Level

Court

Authority

Iowa Const. art. V, §§ 1, 4; supervisory authority over the courts

Issued

2020-03-14 Mar. 14, 2020

Effective

2020-03-14

End

Superseded by the March 17, April 2 and May 22, 2020 orders (IA-049, IA-050, IA-051) (read as 2020-05-22)

In force

Mar. 14, 2020 to May 22, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all Iowa district and appellate courts, clerks, attorneys, litigants and jurors

Functions reached

• CT courts: trials, hearings and jury service suspended
• CL closings and foreclosures dependent on court process delayed
• SV collections and evictions dependent on court dates delayed

Collection

Iowa IA

Operative words

'All criminal jury trials that have not commenced as of March 13, 2020... [scheduled to begin before] April 20, 2020 shall be continued to a date no earlier than April 20.... Other than criminal jury trials already in progress, there will be no criminal jury trials until April 20.... All grand jury proceedings shall be suspended until April 20.... All civil jury trials that have not commenced as of March 13... shall be continued to a date to be determined at a future time.... [civil nonjury trials and hearings] scheduled to begin before May 4 shall be continued... Through May 15, 2020, the appellate courts will not hear in-person [oral arguments].'

Enforcement

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