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Administrative Order No. 2021-075

In the Matter of Restricting Physical Access to Court Facilities Used by Justice Courts Due to a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations

Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Presiding Judge · Maricopa County, Arizona (Justice Courts) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Maricopa County, Arizona (Justice Courts) · Phoenix and Tucson · Arizona
Level
Court
Authority
Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Order 2021-77
Issued
2021-05-28 May 28, 2021
Effective
2021-06-01
End
2021-07-19 (replaced by AO 2021-104) (read as 2021-07-19)
In force
June 1, 2021 to July 19, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • the public and all persons with business before the justice courts
Functions reached
  • CT/CRT justice courts
  • PM/SV
  • OP
Collection
Phoenix and Tucson MET-PHX

Operative words

IT IS ORDERED that effective June 1, 2021, Superior Court Administrative Order [2020-152 is replaced]... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all justice courts in Maricopa County may continue to hold hearings primarily via audio and video appearances... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that for the duration of this order, physical access to [justice court facilities shall be] restricted to attendance at in-person court hearings.... Social distancing [requirements must be complied with during all in-person proceedings].

Enforcement

Denial of access

Notes

In force July 1-18, 2021 (Q3 2021 first day); Supreme Court AO 2021-77 made court masks discretionary with the presiding judge.