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- Jurisdiction
- Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta Judicial Circuit) · Atlanta · Georgia
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- O.C.G.A. §§ 38-3-61 to 38-3-64 (local judicial emergency)
- Issued
- 2021-07-30 July 30, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-07-30 12:00 a.m. (read as 2021-07-30)
- End
- 2021-08-29 11:59 p.m. (read as 2021-08-29)
- In force
- July 30, 2021 to Aug. 29, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- parties, attorneys, jurors and the public in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit
- Functions reached
- CT courts (Q3 2021: a declared judicial emergency in the State's largest circuit)
- CRT courthouse access, masks, capacity
- Collection
- Atlanta MET-ATL
Operative words
Superior Court Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher issued a Local Order declaring the existence of a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. The Local Order takes effect at 12:00 a.m. on Friday, July 30, 2021 and expires at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, August 29, 2021. Public health measures put in place by this Court in its Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings, which were adopted as an Order of this Court on June 12, 2020, remain in place during the term of this Order. (Court's notice page, captured Aug. 3, 2021)
Enforcement
Court order; O.C.G.A. § 38-3-62 relief
Notes
A Q3 2021 court instrument in force July 30-Aug. 29, 2021, one month after the statewide judicial emergency expired (June 30, 2021). The amended order PDF's archived capture is truncated; the Court's own notice page is the exhibit.
Retrieval noteCourt's own notice read; the order text itself not read (truncated capture). The Court has since moved to fultonsuperiorcourtga.gov, where the order may be obtained.