Order Declaring Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Judicial Emergency, No. 20-1-0005 (Cobb Super. Ct.)

The record

Jurisdiction

Cobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit) · Atlanta · Georgia

Level

Court

Authority

O.C.G.A. §§ 38-3-60(2)(D), 38-3-61, 38-3-62, 38-3-63

Issued

2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020

Effective

2020-03-13 (e-filed 4:32 p.m.) (read as 2020-03-13)

End

Thirty days; thereafter the Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021) governed, with the Circuit's June 16, 2020 safety order (Ex. MET-ATL-036) (read as 2020-03-14)

In force

Mar. 13, 2020 to Mar. 14, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all courts and clerk's offices in Cobb County
• petit and grand jurors
• parties in civil and non-essential matters

Functions reached

• CT courts and clerks (civil dockets, evictions, foreclosures, contract litigation suspended or limited)
• CRT

Collection

Atlanta MET-ATL

Operative words

IT IS THE ORDER of the Court that no petit jurors shall report and no jury trials shall be held for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of the entry of this Order. Furthermore, civil and other non-essential matters shall be limited by the courts during this 30-day time period.... Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 38-3-62, during the period of this Order, the Court hereby suspends, tolls, extends, and otherwise grants relief from: (1) a statute of limitation; (2) the time within which to try a case for which a demand for speedy trial has been filed; (3) the time within which to hold a commitment hearing; (4) the time within which to return a bill of indictment...

Enforcement

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