{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-075","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"New York State Unified Court System (statewide, including the New York City courts)","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks","authority":"N.Y. Judiciary Law § 212; 22 NYCRR § 80.1; Governor\u0027s Executive Order 202.8 (suspension of statutes of limitation) (recited)","instrument":"Administrative Order AO/78/20","title":"No papers accepted for filing by any county clerk or court in any matter not on the list of essential matters (criminal arraignments and bail; child protection; emergency family and mental-hygiene matters; landlord lockouts, code violations and post-eviction relief), paper and electronic","dateIssued":"2020-03-22","effective":"2020-03-22 (\u0027effective immediately and until further order\u0027)","end":"Modified by AO/85/20 (Apr. 13, 2020) and lifted in phases by AO/87/20 and AO/114/20 (May-June 2020) (successors not read this session)","startDate":"2020-03-22","endDate":"2020-04-13","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["every county clerk and court in New York State","all litigants and counsel"],"clause":"Pursuant to the authority vested in me, in light of the emergency circumstances caused by the continuing COVID-19 outbreak in New York State and the nation, and consistent with the Governor of New York\u0027s recent executive order suspending statutes of limitation in legal matters, I direct that, effective immediately and until further order, no papers shall be accepted for filing by a county clerk or a court in any matter of a type not included on the list of essential matters attached as Exh. A. This directive applies to both paper and electronic filings.","enforcement":"Judiciary Law § 212 administrative order binding on county clerks and courts","functions":["CT courts and agencies (the New York courts closed to all nonessential filings statewide)","SV servicing and collections","CL closings (county clerks\u0027 filing offices closed to nonessential papers)","PM property management (no eviction filings)","DM titles and records (county clerks)"],"notes":"Saved here as the archive copy of the signed order with Exhibit A (essential matters list).","sourceUrl":"https://www.nycourts.gov/whatsnew/pdf/AO-78-20.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200530185036/https://www.nycourts.gov/whatsnew/pdf/AO-78-20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":140835,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-075","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-075","citation":"Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, Administrative Order AO/78/20 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-075)","stateName":"New York","related":["NY-060"]}