President Judge Administrative Order No. 7 of 2020

The record

Jurisdiction

First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County) · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania

Level

Court

Authority

Pa.R.J.A. 1952; the Governor's Mar. 6, 2020 Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (recited)

Issued

2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-03-16

End

2020-04-12 by its terms; extended (Order 31 of 2020, Apr. 22, 2020) and continued to July 10, 2020 by Amended Order 33 (Ex. MET-PHL-052); followed by the CDC-based moratorium orders (Exs. MET-PHL-053, 057, 060) (read as 2020-09-30)

In force

Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• landlords, tenants, the Sheriff and the Office of Judicial Records

Functions reached

• PM property management (evictions)
• SV servicing and collections
• LE leasing

Collection

Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

AND NOW, this 16th day of March, 2020, in light of the COVID-19 Emergency Disaster Declaration issued by Governor Tom Wolf which may require residents of Philadelphia County to stay home for a period in excess of fourteen days or more to avoid spreading COVID-19, it is hereby ORDERED and DECREED that the issuance of residential writs of possession, and the execution or enforcement of residential writs of possession issued by the Court of Common Pleas Office of Judicial Records before this date, is STAYED until April 12, 2020 or until further order of court.

Enforcement

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