{"id":"KY-059","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Kentucky","state":"KY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)","authority":"Ky. Const. sec. 116; SCR 1.010","instrument":"Administrative Order 2021-28 (Amended)","title":"In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 Emergency: Court Proceedings (jury trials conditioned on local public-health conditions; juror postponements; eviction procedures with 14-day abeyance for rental assistance)","dateIssued":"2021-08-09","effective":"2021-08-09 (upon entry, until further order)","end":"In force through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond","startDate":"2021-08-09","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all courts","jurors","landlords and tenants"],"clause":"1. Petit Jurors and Jury Trials. Jury trials may be held if the trial judge determines in his or her discretion, after having considered local public health conditions and the health and safety requirements established by the Supreme Court in Administrative Order 2021-27, that it is advisable.... 2. Postponements and Excusals.... Any jurors who are ill, are at an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 or have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 10 days... shall have their service postponed or be excused... B. CIVIL MATTERS 1. Evictions.... ii. Following the initial hearing, all eviction proceedings shall be held in abeyance for fourteen [days]","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court binding on all courts","functions":["CT courts","CL evictions and collections","PM property management","CB litigants"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.kycourts.gov/Courts/Supreme-Court/Supreme%20Court%20Orders/202128.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":128556,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"KY","url":"/library/KY-059","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/KY-059","citation":"Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.), Administrative Order 2021-28 (Amended) (Aug. 9, 2021) (Ex. KY-059)","stateName":"Kentucky","related":["KY-058","KY-050"]}