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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Pa. Const. art. V, § 10(a); Pa. R.J.A. 1952(A); issued at the request of the Secretary of Health (letter of Mar. 18, 2020)
- Issued
- 2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-19 (through Apr. 3, 2020, subject to essential functions) (read as 2020-03-19)
- End
- Extended through Apr. 30, 2020 (PA-087); local operations restored from May 4 (PA-088); statewide emergency ceased June 1, 2020 (PA-089) (read as 2020-04-30)
- In force
- Mar. 19, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- all Pennsylvania courts
- the public
- litigants
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Pennsylvania PA
Operative words
(scanned original; per the Court's own Apr. 1, 2020 recital, PA-087:) On March 18, 2020, at the behest of Pennsylvania's Secretary of Health, the [Court directed the] statewide closure of the courts, except for essential services, for a period of [time through April 3, 2020], subject to General and Specific Directives and Exceptions designed, inter alia, to ensure the continuation of the courts' essential functions...
Enforcement
Supreme Court supervisory authority
Notes
Publicized by the Court's news release of Mar. 18, 2020 ('Pennsylvania Supreme Court Closes Courts to the Public Statewide').
Retrieval noteScanned original (no text layer); operative content taken from the Court's own recital in PA-087 and the UJS COVID-19 page listing.