Administrative Order AO/68/20

The record

Jurisdiction

New York (Unified Court System) · New York

Level

Court

Authority

Judiciary Law 212; 22 NYCRR 80.1

Issued

2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-03-16, 5 p.m. (read as 2020-03-16)

End

Superseded by AO/78/20 (Mar. 22, 2020) and later orders; eviction and foreclosure suspensions carried into EO 202.8 and later statutes (read as 2020-03-22)

In force

Mar. 16, 2020 to Mar. 22, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all courts, litigants, attorneys and jurors
• landlords and lenders

Functions reached

• CT courts (civil practice suspended)
• PM property management (evictions suspended)
• SV foreclosure
• CL closings dependent on court process

Collection

New York NY

Operative words

Effective 5 p.m. on Monday, March 16, all non-essential functions of the courts will be postponed until further notice.... civil jury trials in which opening statements have not commenced shall be postponed until further notice... The jury selection process in civil and criminal trial matters shall be suspended until further notice... All eviction proceedings and pending eviction orders shall be suspended statewide, and court-ordered auctions of property shall be postponed, until further notice. All residential foreclosure proceedings shall be suspended statewide until further notice.

Enforcement

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