{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-024","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)","state":"DE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Delaware (Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr.)","authority":"Del. Const. art. IV, § 13 (Chief Justice \u0027administrative head of all the Courts in the State\u0027); 10 Del. C. § 2004","instrument":"Administrative Order No. 3: Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations and the Temporary Suspension of Statutes of Limitations, Filing Deadlines and Notarization Requirements in All Courts","title":"All courthouses and administrative offices closed to the public from March 23 to April 15, 2020; essential matters only, remotely where possible; statutes of limitation, filing deadlines and notarization requirements suspended","dateIssued":"2020-03-22","effective":"2020-03-23","end":"2020-04-15 as written; closure extended to May 14 (AO No. 4), June 13 (AO No. 6) and lifted in phases from June 8 and 15, 2020 (AO No. 7, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048); the sworn-declaration suspension continued \u0027in effect\u0027 through AO No. 22 (July 13, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2020-04-15","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE","TELE"],"addressees":["all Delaware courts and judicial branch personnel","litigants, counsel and the public","notaries and filers"],"clause":"1. All courthouses and their administrative offices in the State of Delaware are closed to the public beginning March 23, 2020 until April 15, 2020 or further order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware. Access to the State courthouses is restricted to identified personnel and emergency and essential hearings and operations; 2. Each state court shall have sufficient judicial officers and staff to hear emergency and essential matters in person or remotely through video or teleconferencing during the pendency of this Order; 3.... Other judicial branch personnel shall not report to the courthouses until further notice. Instead, other judicial branch personnel shall work remotely","enforcement":"10 Del. C. §§ 2004-2009; Del. Const. art. IV, § 13","functions":["CT courts and agencies (courthouses closed to the public; deadlines and limitations suspended)","CL closings (notarization requirements suspended)","SV servicing and collections (civil dockets halted)","PM property management (eviction and ejectment dockets halted)","DM titles and records (Prothonotary and Register in Chancery public access closed)","OF office (judicial employees ordered to work remotely)"],"notes":"The lead Delaware instrument: a statewide courthouse closure with a suspension of statutes of limitations and notarization rules in every court, including the Court of Chancery on which national corporate transactions depend.","sourceUrl":"https://courts.delaware.gov/forms/download.aspx?id=120578","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":76367,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-024","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-024","citation":"Supreme Court of Delaware (Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr.), Administrative Order No. 3: Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations and the Temporary Suspension of Statutes of Limitations, Filing Deadlines and Notarization Requirements in All Courts (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-024)","stateName":"Delaware","related":["AGY-ST-COURTS-048"]}