{"id":"AL-054","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Alabama","authority":"Ala. Const. 1901, art. VI, §§ 139, 140, 150","instrument":"Administrative Order Suspending All In-Person Court Proceedings for the Next Thirty Days (In re: COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Response)","title":"Declaration of a state of emergency for the Judicial Branch; suspension of all in-person proceedings in every State and local court March 16 to April 16, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-16","end":"2020-04-16 by its terms; extended to April 30 (Ex. AL-056) and May 15, 2020 (Ex. AL-057)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-04-16","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all state and local courts (circuit, district, small claims, juvenile, municipal, probate and appellate)","judges and clerks","attorneys, parties and witnesses"],"clause":"All in-person proceedings in all state and local courts in Alabama, including, but not limited to, proceedings in the circuit court, district court (including cases on the small claims docket), juvenile court, municipal court, probate court, and appellate courts, are suspended beginning Monday, March 16, 2020 through Thursday, April 16, 2020, subject to the exceptions below.... Any permitted in-court proceedings shall be limited to attorneys, parties, witnesses, security officers, and other necessary persons... Any Alabama state or local rule, criminal or civil, that impedes a judge\u0027s or court clerk\u0027s ability to utilize available technologies to limit in-person contact is suspended until April 16, 2020.","enforcement":"Supervisory authority of the Supreme Court over all courts, Ala. Const. art. VI, § 140","functions":["CT courts, clerks and probate (professional services, real estate, lenders, collections)","CL closings and probate","SV foreclosure and collection proceedings"],"notes":"Professional services; financial services; real estate; small-claims collections.","sourceUrl":"https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/COV-19%20order%20FINAL.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":127260,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AL","url":"/library/AL-054","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AL-054","citation":"Supreme Court of Alabama, Administrative Order Suspending All In-Person Court Proceedings for the Next Thirty Days (In re: COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Response) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AL-054)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["AL-056","AL-057","AL-055","AL-058"]}