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Ex. MET-MIA-041 Order Primary source read

Seventeenth Judicial Circuit notice: 'Broward courthouses closed to public beginning Monday, March 16, 2020'

Closure of the Judicial Complex and the North, West and South Regional Courthouses to the public

Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court (Chief Judge's administration; court website notice) · Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Broward County) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Broward County) · Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach · Florida
Level
Court
Authority
Florida Supreme Court AOSC20-13 (Mar. 13, 2020) and the Chief Judge's administrative authority (FL-064)
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
Not stated; court operations thereafter governed by the Florida Supreme Court's AOSC20-17, 20-23 and 20-32 series and AOSC21-17 (FL-065 to -071) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • the public; litigants, counsel, jurors and witnesses in Broward County
Functions reached
  • CT courts, clerks and recorders (closed to the public)
  • CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions
  • SV collections, evictions and foreclosures (hearings suspended)
Collection
Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach MET-MIA

Operative words

ALERT! BROWARD COURTHOUSES CLOSED TO PUBLIC BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2020. Please visit the link below frequently for updates regarding the current status of the Courts and the Coronavirus: http://www.17th.flcourts.org/coronavirus-covid-19-updates/

Enforcement

n/a (administrative)

Retrieval note

The court's own web notice (rendered page); the Chief Judge's administrative order itself is not in the file.