Administrative Order: Judicial Emergency Declared, Amended Order

The record

Jurisdiction

West Virginia

Level

Court

Authority

W. Va. Const. art. VIII, sec. 3; W. Va. Code 2-2-2

Issued

2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020

Effective

2020-04-03

End

Superseded by the Second Amended Order of Apr. 22, 2020 (read as 2020-04-22)

In force

Apr. 3, 2020 to Apr. 22, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all circuit, family and magistrate courts

Functions reached

• CT courts
• SV
• CRT

Collection

West Virginia WV

Operative words

a judicial emergency is declared for the day(s) of March 23, 2020, through May 1, 2020, in all fifty-five (55) counties in West Virginia. Pursuant to W. Va. Code 2-2-2(a), all in-person proceedings and court deadlines, except the emergency proceedings described and other proceedings authorized herein,... are stayed. All jury trials are stayed during this period of judicial emergency. Deadlines... that are set to expire between March 23, 2020, and May 1, 2020, are hereby extended to May 4, 2020. Statutes of limitations and statutes of repose... are hereby extended to May 4, 2020.... It is further ORDERED that circuit court judges and family court judges may conduct time-sensitive hearings via telephone or video conference in non-emergency matters...

Enforcement