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- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- S.C. Const. art. V, § 4; CARES Act § 4024 (certification)
- Issued
- 2020-04-30 Apr. 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-15 (resumption) (read as 2020-05-15)
- End
- Certification requirement continued while the CARES Act moratorium applied (read as 2020-09-30)
- In force
- May 15, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- magistrates and masters-in-equity
- persons pursuing eviction or foreclosure
- Functions reached
- PM evictions
- SV foreclosure and servicing
- CB
- Collection
- South Carolina SC
Operative words
IT IS ORDERED that all evictions currently ordered and scheduled statewide shall resume May 15, 2020.... Master-in-Equity courts statewide shall resume foreclosure hearings, foreclosure sales, issuing writs of assistance and writs of ejectments... beginning May 15, 2020.... the judge shall require the person or entity pursuing eviction or foreclosure to certify in writing that the real estate at issue is not subject to the limitations and requirements of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.... any in-person hearings held pursuant to this order must be staggered... There shall be at least 30 minutes between the ending of a hearing and the beginning of another.... Judges are authorized to require that everyone attending in-person hearings wear a mask or other facial covering.
Enforcement
Administrative order; supersedes the Mar. 18, 2020 order
Notes
Fixes the South Carolina moratorium at Mar. 17/18 - May 15, 2020 (58 days).