{"id":"IA-053","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Iowa (all State courts)","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Iowa Supreme Court","authority":"Iowa Const. art. III, § 1; art. V, §§ 1, 4","instrument":"Supervisory Order, In the Matter of Ongoing Provisions for Coronavirus/COVID-19 Impact on Court Services (amended November 30, 2020)","title":"Order requiring masks of everyone entering court-controlled areas, requiring distanced scheduling of in-person hearings, encouraging remote civil proceedings, and setting criminal-procedure accommodations through June 30, 2021","dateIssued":"2020-11-24","effective":"2020-11-24","end":"Sunset June 30, 2021, extended to January 1, 2022 by IA-055; mask paragraphs revised May 14, 2021 (IA-054) and August 27, 2021 (IA-056)","startDate":"2020-11-24","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","MASK"],"addressees":["all persons entering court-controlled areas","all Iowa courts, clerks, attorneys, litigants, jurors"],"clause":"\u0027This order supplements other COVID-19-related supervisory orders currently in effect, including the orders dated: May 22, 2020; July 9, 2020; July 22, 2020; July 29, 2020; July 31, 2020; September 1, 2020; October 2, 2020; November 10, 2020.... 3. Scheduling. Judicial districts shall schedule in-person hearings and trials so as to comply with safety protocols established by state court administration, e.g., required social distancing.... PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. 4. Face masks. Pursuant to CDC guidelines, courts shall require everyone entering court-controlled areas to wear disposable, surgical masks or cloth masks covering the nose and mouth, and to wear them correctly and consistently while in court-controlled areas. Face shields are no longer considered an appropriate substitute for a mask.... 5. Initial appearances. Through June 30, 2021, magistrates and other judicial officers may conduct initial appearances by videoconference or telephone.\u0027","enforcement":"Supervisory order; enforced by court security and presiding judges","functions":["CT courthouse access conditioned on masks statewide; distanced scheduling limits hearing volume","CL/SV/PM"],"notes":"Eleven pages; its protocols were the baseline continued into Q3 2021 by IA-055.","sourceUrl":"https://www.iowacourts.gov/collections/585/files/1248/embedDocument/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":6825847,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"IA","url":"/library/IA-053","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/IA-053","citation":"Iowa Supreme Court, Supervisory Order, In the Matter of Ongoing Provisions for Coronavirus/COVID-19 Impact on Court Services (amended November 30, 2020) (Nov. 24, 2020) (Ex. IA-053)","stateName":"Iowa","related":["IA-055","IA-054","IA-056","IA-051","IA-052"]}