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Administrative Order No. 21-08-06-01

Imposition of Mask and Social Distancing Requirements in Courtrooms and Court Related Areas in the Ada County Courthouse Due to COVID-19

Administrative District Judge, Fourth Judicial District · Ada County, Idaho (Fourth Judicial District) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Ada County, Idaho (Fourth Judicial District) · Idaho
Level
Court
Authority
Idaho Supreme Court Emergency Order Regarding Court Services (June 24, 2021) as amended June 25, 2021
Issued
2021-08-06 Aug. 6, 2021
Effective
2021-08-09
End
'until further notice' (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 9, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • all persons doing court business in the Ada County Courthouse and Juvenile Court building
  • clerks, parties, counsel, witnesses, jurors
Functions reached
  • CT/CRT Q3 2021 court access conditions in Idaho's largest county
  • CL closings, evictions and litigation conducted under mask and distancing rules
Collection
Idaho ID

Operative words

Consistent with the Idaho Supreme Court's June 24, 2021 Emergency Order Regarding Court Services... the following requirements are imposed in the Ada County Juvenile Court building and the Ada County Courthouse effective August 9, 2021, until further notice: 1.... clerks... and members of the public seeking service at such clerks' counters, must wear masks that cover the nose and mouth. 2.... In any anteroom, jury deliberation room or courtroom when members of the public (including parties, counsel, witnesses and jurors) are present during a court proceeding, all persons in such room must wear a mask... and, if feasible, maintain six feet of [distance]. Quoting the Supreme Court's June 25, 2021 Amended Order: 'If... a county's seven-day moving average incidence rate of confirmed or presumed cases of COVID-19 is 25.0 or greater per 100,000 population, the Administrative District Judge shall enter an administrative order defining the safety protocols that will be required in the county's courthouse. The order will, at a minimum, require all persons entering the courthouse to do court business to wear a mask that covers the nose and mouth and maintain six feet of social distance.' Ada County's rate as of Aug. 5, 2021 was 28.6 per 100,000.

Enforcement

Court administrative order; contempt and exclusion

Notes

Q3 2021 instrument; proves the Idaho Supreme Court's statewide June 24-25, 2021 emergency framework was in force in Q3 2021.

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