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Ex. MET-KC-052 Order Primary source read

Administrative Order 2020-064

In re: Court Operations During COVID-19 Stay at Home/Shelter in Place Order

Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit · 16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri (Jackson County) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri (Jackson County) · Kansas City · Missouri
Level
Court
Authority
Missouri Supreme Court Orders of Mar. 16 and Mar. 22, 2020; Presiding Judge's authority
Issued
2020-03-22 Mar. 22, 2020
Effective
2020-03-24 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-03-24)
End
2020-04-24 5:00 p.m. (extended by AO 2020-073 through May 15, 2020) (read as 2020-04-24)
In force
Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 24, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • Court Administrator
  • jurors
  • attorneys, litigants, victims and witnesses
Functions reached
  • CT courts, clerks and recorders in the courthouses
  • CL closings and evictions (writs suspended by AO 2020-062/072)
  • PJ
Collection
Kansas City MET-KC

Operative words

the Jackson County Executive was among a regional leadership group that announced a Stay-At-Home Order for all residents and businesses in Jackson County, Missouri that will go in effect at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and remain in effect for at least 30 days and that during this time all non-essential businesses will be closed and all non-essential personnel will be asked to work from home;... IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, effective at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, and continuing through 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2020... 5. The Court Administrator is Ordered and authorized to suspend the impaneling of all jurors for the weeks of March 30, 2020 through April 20, 2020.

Enforcement

Court order

Notes

Judicial recital of the metro stay-at-home regime and its terms