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Ex. PA-088 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Order directing local courts to restore more operations from May 4, 2020, continuing the statewide judicial emergency through June 1, 2020, and extending the eviction stay to May 11, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket)

In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Order (local court operation)

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam) · Pennsylvania (Court)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania
Level
Court
Authority
Pa. Const. art. V, § 10(a); Pa. R.J.A. 1952(A)
Issued
2020-04-28 Apr. 28, 2020
Effective
2020-05-04 (restoration of operations); emergency through June 1, 2020 (read as 2020-05-04)
End
2020-06-01
In force
May 4, 2020 to June 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • all Pennsylvania courts
  • landlords and lenders
Functions reached
  • CT
  • PM
  • SV
Collection
Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

(scanned original; per the Court's news release of Apr. 28, 2020, 'Pennsylvania Supreme Court Directs Local Courts to Restore More Operations', and the UJS COVID-19 page:) [courts to resume operations from May 4, 2020 with local emergency declarations, remote proceedings encouraged, in-person proceedings limited; jury trials remained suspended by local orders; the statewide stay of evictions and ejectments extended to May 11, 2020, after which the Governor's May 7, 2020 order (PA-056) governed]

Enforcement

Supreme Court supervisory authority

Retrieval note

Scanned original saved (no text layer); content stated from the Court's own web page and news release.