Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026

The record

Jurisdiction

Texas

Level

Court

Authority

Tex. Gov't Code § 22.0035(b)

Issued

2021-03-05 Mar. 5, 2021

Effective

2021-03-05 (immediately) (read as 2021-03-05)

End

Renewed by the Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order (May 26, 2021) (read as 2021-05-26)

In force

Mar. 5, 2021 to May 26, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all courts
• local administrative district judges

Functions reached

• PJ litigation

Collection

Texas TX

Operative words

4. Courts should continue to use reasonable efforts to conduct proceedings remotely.... 7. A district court, statutory county court, constitutional county court, statutory probate court, justice court, or municipal court may conduct in-person proceedings, including both jury and non-jury proceedings, if the local administrative district judge or presiding judge of a municipal court... has [submitted an operating plan and]... an in-person proceeding schedule... 8. A court may conduct an in-person jury proceeding if:... the court has obtained prior approval for that jury proceeding from the local administrative district judge... d. the court has included with the jury summons...

Enforcement

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