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- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 28; Judiciary Law § 212; EO 202.8 tolling
- Issued
- 2020-03-22 Mar. 22, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-22 ('effective immediately and until further order') (read as 2020-03-22)
- In force
- Mar. 22, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- county clerks
- courts
- the bar
- Functions reached
- CT litigation practice statewide (commercial, real estate, matrimonial, personal injury filings barred)
- Collection
- Professional and Information Services SEC-12
Operative words
I direct that, effective immediately and until further order, no papers shall be accepted for filing by a county clerk or a court in any matter of a type not included on the list of essential matters attached as Exh. A. This directive applies to both paper and electronic filings.
Enforcement
Administrative order binding clerks and courts
Notes
The most sweeping court limitation of 2020 for New York law firms: no new non-essential actions could be commenced