The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia (statewide; posted by Cobb County for the Cobb Judicial Circuit) · Atlanta · Georgia
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- O.C.G.A. § 38-3-61
- Issued
- 2020-05-11 May 11, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-13 11:59 p.m. (extension from the prior expiry) (read as 2020-05-13)
- End
- 2020-06-12 11:59 p.m.; further extended monthly through June 30, 2021 (State instrument series; cite by name and date) (read as 2020-06-12)
- In force
- May 13, 2020 to June 12, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- Functions reached
- CT courts statewide (jury trials suspended; in-person proceedings limited)
- Collection
- Atlanta MET-ATL
Operative words
the Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency, which would have expired on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at 11:59 p.m., is further extended until Friday, June 12, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. All Georgia courts shall continue to operate under the restrictions set forth in that Order as extended... most court facilities are not prepared to comply with social distancing and other public health requirements... during extensive in-court proceedings or proceedings involving a large number of people.
Enforcement
Order of the Chief Justice
Notes
State-level court instrument saved here because Cobb County posted it as the governing order for its courts;
Retrieval notePage 1 read as image.