{"id":"MET-PHX-010","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Maricopa County, Arizona (Justice Courts)","state":"AZ","metro":"PHX","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Presiding Judge","authority":"Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Orders 2020-48 and 2017-79","instrument":"Administrative Order No. 2020-038","title":"Limitation of Justice Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-19 (plans due Mar. 23, 2020)","end":"Replaced by AO 2020-048 (Mar. 26, 2020) and AO 2020-060 (Apr. 13, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-19","endDate":"2020-03-26","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["justices of the peace and all persons with business before the 26 justice courts"],"clause":"IT IS ORDERED that each justice of the peace in Maricopa County... will provide to the Presiding Judge of Superior Court, by close of business on Monday, March 23, 2020, the justice court\u0027s plan as to how it will conduct in-person court proceedings that protect health and safety, including potentially: (a) Limiting in-person courtroom contact as much as possible by using available technologies... (b) Following CDC social distancing recommendations... with no scheduling of more than 10 persons at one time; and requiring all scheduled participants to notify the court of any COVID-19 symptoms or suspected exposure and to refrain from coming to the courthouse. (c) Limiting any required in-person proceedings to attorneys, parties, victims, witnesses, jurors, court personnel, and other necessary persons... (d) Liberally granting continuances.","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["CT/CRT justice courts (evictions, small claims, civil traffic, misdemeanors)","PM/SV landlords and servicers using eviction courts","OP"],"notes":"First Maricopa County court order of the pandemic (Mar. 19, 2020), the day after Supreme Court AO 2020-48.","sourceUrl":"http://justicecourts.maricopa.gov/AdministrativeOrders/AO2020-38-superior.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200926001731/http://justicecourts.maricopa.gov/AdministrativeOrders/AO2020-38-superior.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":84755,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PHX","url":"/library/MET-PHX-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PHX-010","citation":"Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Presiding Judge, Administrative Order No. 2020-038 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHX-010)","stateName":"Arizona","related":["MET-PHX-011"]}