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Ex. MI-079 Order Primary source read

Order amending Administrative Order No. 2020-17 (July 2, 2021)

Amendment of AO 2020-17, Continuation of Alternative Procedures for Landlord/Tenant Cases (CERA stays; conditional dismissals)

Michigan Supreme Court · Michigan (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Michigan
Level
Court
Authority
Mich. Const. 1963, art. 6, § 4; ADM File No. 2020-08
Issued
2021-07-02 July 2, 2021
Effective
2021-07-02 (effective immediately) (read as 2021-07-02)
End
Further amended July 26, 2021; in force through 2021 Q3 (read as 2021-07-26)
In force
July 2, 2021 to July 26, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • all district courts
  • landlords, tenants and property managers
Functions reached
  • PM property management (eviction stays in 2021 Q3)
  • SV servicing and collections
  • CT courts
Collection
Michigan MI

Operative words

On order of the Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-17 is hereby amended and replaced with the following new language, effective immediately.... In addition, the mandate for courts to continue to use remote technology to the greatest extent possible is as fully in place today as it was a year ago.... [the court] must stay further proceedings after the pretrial hearing is conducted... [where a party applies for] COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (CERA) and notifies the court of the application. The stay is [maintained while]... (2) The defendant is eligible to receive rental assistance for all rent owed; and (3) The plaintiff receives full payment from the CERA program within 45 days... This order is effective immediately until further order of the Court.

Enforcement

Superintending control; binding on every summary proceeding for possession

Notes

A Q3 2021 instrument of the State's judicial branch that re-sequenced every Michigan eviction and recited that the remote-technology mandate 'is as fully in place today as it was a year ago.'

Retrieval note

Court's own PDF.