{"id":"FL-065","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Florida (all State courts)","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida","authority":"Art. V, s. 2(a), Fla. Const.; Rule 2.205","instrument":"Administrative Order No. AOSC20-17","title":"In re: COVID-19 Emergency Procedures for the Florida State Courts (extending AOSC20-13, 20-15, 20-16)","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24 (certain provisions nunc pro tunc Mar. 13)","end":"Through Apr. 17-20, 2020; superseded by AOSC20-23 (Apr. 6, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-04-06","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","TELE","GATH"],"addressees":["all Florida courts, judges and court personnel","clerks","litigants"],"clause":"Judges who can conduct court business from a remote location are strongly [encouraged]... It is hereby ordered that all grand jury proceedings, jury selection proceedings, and criminal and civil jury trials are further suspended through the close of business on Friday, April 17, 2020... the requirement that a writ of possession be issued \u0027forthwith\u0027 shall be suspended through the close of business on Friday, April 17, 2020... [rules requiring documents] be notarized or signed in the presence of a deputy clerk is hereby suspended through the close of business on Friday, April 17, 2020","enforcement":"Binding on all Florida courts","functions":["CT in-person proceedings limited to essential and critical; remote conduct","PM writs of possession suspended","CL notarization and clerk-presence requirements suspended","OF court personnel remote"],"notes":"Appends AOSC20-13, 20-15 and 20-16.","sourceUrl":"https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/content/download/632431/7186205/AOSC20-17.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":390143,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FL","url":"/library/FL-065","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FL-065","citation":"Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida, Administrative Order No. AOSC20-17 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. FL-065)","stateName":"Florida","related":["MET-MIA-041","FL-064","FL-066","FL-067"]}