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Ex. SEC-14-005 Order Primary source read

Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions in Communities With Substantial or High Levels of Community Transmission of COVID-19 To Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19, 86 Fed. Reg. 43244

Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions in Communities With Substantial or High Transmission

CDC, HHS · United States (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
42 U.S.C. 264; 42 C.F.R. 70.2
Issued
2021-08-03 Aug. 3, 2021
End
2021-10-03 by its terms; vacated in effect 2021-08-26 (Alabama Ass'n of Realtors v. HHS, No. 21A23) (read as 2021-10-03)
In force
Aug. 3, 2021 to Oct. 3, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • landlords and owners of residential property in counties with substantial or high transmission
Functions reached
  • PM
  • CB
  • LE
Collection
Real Estate SEC-14

Operative words

This Order is effective August 3, 2021 through October 3, 2021.... a landlord, owner of a residential property, or other person with a legal right to pursue eviction or possessory action, shall not evict any covered person from any residential property in any county or U.S. territory while the county or territory is experiencing substantial or high levels of community transmission

Enforcement

as in 85 Fed. Reg. 55292

Notes

Reached about 90 percent of U.S. counties by CDC transmission data in August 2021; the Delta wave is the order's stated predicate