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- Jurisdiction
- Maricopa County, Arizona (Justice Courts) · Phoenix and Tucson · Arizona
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Order 2020-48
- Issued
- 2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-31
- End
- 2020-04-17 (extended by AO 2020-060 (Apr. 13), 2020-069 (Apr. 24), 2020-079 (June 2, 2020)) (read as 2020-04-17)
- In force
- Mar. 31, 2020 to Apr. 17, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- the public
- parties, lawyers, jurors in justice courts
- Functions reached
- CT/CRT justice courts closed to the public except enumerated in-person matters
- PM/SV eviction process
- OP
- Collection
- Phoenix and Tucson MET-PHX
Operative words
IT IS ORDERED that between the dates of March 31, 2020 and April 17, 2020... The justice courts will continue to hold telephonic hearings... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that for the duration of this order, physical access to [court facilities shall be] restricted to attendance at in-person court hearings set forth in the Exceptions section... [evictions, change in release conditions, in-custody requests, protective orders, and similar]... IT IS ORDERED any in-person appearance may be converted to a telephonic or video appearance by order of any judicial officer... all initial appearances for in-custody defendants will proceed in-person by video through the use of the Video Arraignment Court.
Enforcement
Court order; denial of access
Notes
Companion Superior Court orders 2020-043/-055/-065 restricted access to superior court buildings in the same period (recited in Ex. MET-PHX-008).