Trial Division Administrative Docket No. 56 of 2020

The record

Jurisdiction

First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division) · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania

Level

Court

Authority

Pa.R.J.A. 1952(B)(2); the FJD judicial emergency; the CDC order of Sept. 1, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 55292)

Issued

2020-09-17 Sept. 17, 2020

Effective

2020-09-17

End

2021-01-31 per the CDC order as then in force; extended by Orders 65, 69 and 70 of 2020 and 5, 6, 14, 15, 19, 23 and 27 of 2021 (court index; Exs. MET-PHL-057, 060) through Oct. 3, 2021 (read as 2021-01-31)

In force

Sept. 17, 2020 to Jan. 31, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• landlords and tenants in ejectment and landlord-tenant actions in the Court of Common Pleas; the Office of Judicial Records

Functions reached

• PM evictions
• SV collections
• CT

Collection

Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

upon consideration of the Order from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ('CDC') dated September 1, 2020 regarding temporarily halting certain residential evictions beginning September 4, 2020 through January 31, 2021 to prevent further spread of COVID-19, it is hereby ORDERED and DECREED that as to cases filed in the Trial Division of the Court of Common Pleas:... (4) Ejectment actions (which include landlord-tenant actions) will be accepted for filing... subject to the restrictions in the CDC Order and this Order. However, the Plaintiff must include a 'Plaintiff's Affidavit in Connection with The CDC Order...'... The Office of Judicial Records shall reject the filing if the Affidavit is not attached. (5) In pending Landlord-Tenant appeals and Ejectment actions, no judgments of possession will be entered, or writs of possession will be issued, or supersedeas terminated unless the landlord files a motion representing that the landlord did not receive the Declaration from the tenant or that the tenant is not entitled to the CDC stay and obtains an order from the Court...

Enforcement

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