{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-037","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County","authority":"Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b); the court\u0027s inherent authority","instrument":"General Administrative Order No. 2020-01: COVID-19 Emergency Measures","title":"All matters in all Districts and Divisions rescheduled and continued 30 days; judges and employees to work remotely; Sheriff to cease execution of residential eviction orders from March 14, 2020; emergency matters only","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-17 (as published; continued in 30-day increments, amended through May 28, 2020)","end":"Superseded by G.A.O. 2020-02 (eff. July 6/Aug. 21, 2020, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-032)","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-08-21","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CRT","TELE","CLOSE"],"addressees":["all judges and employees of the Circuit Court","attorneys and litigants","the Sheriff of Cook County","landlords and tenants"],"clause":"IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that except as provided below, all matters in all Districts and Divisions of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, are rescheduled and continued for a period of 30 days from the originally scheduled court date... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that except as necessary for the purposes enumerated below, all judges and employees of Circuit Court of Cook County shall be encouraged to work remotely and conduct business telephonically or via videoconference for a period of 30 days from the effective date of this order; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Sheriff of Cook County shall cease execution of eviction orders relating to residential real estate effective March 14, 2020.","enforcement":"General administrative order under Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b)","functions":["CT courts and agencies (every civil docket in Cook County continued)","SV servicing and collections","PM property management (eviction enforcement ceased Mar. 14, 2020)","CL closings","OF office and administration"],"notes":"The court\u0027s website reproduces the order text; the Law Division\u0027s G.A.O. 20-5 (MET-CHI-058) and County Division G.A.O. 2020-01 (MET-CHI-057) implement it.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cookcountycourtil.gov/order/general-administrative-order-2020-01-covid-19-emergency-measures","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":257795,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-037","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-037","citation":"Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-01: COVID-19 Emergency Measures (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-037)","stateName":"Illinois","related":["AGY-ST-COURTS-032","MET-CHI-058","MET-CHI-057"]}