Revised Emergency Order and Notice from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (Courthouse Safety and Coronavirus)

The record

Jurisdiction

Maine

Level

Court

Authority

Me. Const. art. VI; 4 M.R.S. § 1 (superintendence of the courts)

Issued

2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020

Effective

2020-03-18

End

Superseded by PMO-SJC-1 (Mar. 30, 2020) (read as 2020-03-30)

In force

Mar. 18, 2020 to Mar. 30, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all litigants, jurors, attorneys and the public

Functions reached

• CT courts (law firms, lenders, landlords, collectors)
• CL closings and title
• SV collections and foreclosure
• PM evictions

Collection

Maine ME

Operative words

Effective immediately, and continuing through May 1, 2020, unless otherwise ordered by the court, the following case types and proceedings will NOT be scheduled or heard: FED (Eviction, landlord/tenant); Disclosures; Foreclosures; Small Claims; Medical Malpractice proceedings including Panel Hearings; Family matters...; Adoptions; Juvenile matters (unless the juvenile is being detained); Criminal matters (unless a defendant is in-custody); Civil jury trials; All other nonjury civil matters including civil violations; All actions to recover personal property; All Violations Bureau hearings (traffic tickets); Grand Jury proceedings. All previously scheduled cases are postponed.

Enforcement

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