{"id":"SEC-14-020","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"14","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor and Department of State)","authority":"35 Pa. C.S. 7301(f); the Governor\u0027s and Secretary of Health\u0027s orders of Mar. 19, 2020 and the Process to Reopen Pennsylvania","instrument":"Guidance for Businesses in the Real Estate Industry Permitted to Operate During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency to Ensure the Safety and Health of Employees and the Public","title":"Real Estate Industry Guidance","dateIssued":"2020-05-19","effective":"2020-05-19","end":"county by county on entry into the Green phase (June 5-July 3, 2020); the statewide mitigation orders that followed ended June 10, 2021 (Act 21 of 2021)","startDate":"2020-05-19","endDate":"2020-07-03","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["EMP","CAP","MASK","CLOSE"],"addressees":["real estate professionals, appraisers, notaries, title companies, settlement service providers, escrow officers, home inspectors, mortgage loan originators, processors and underwriters"],"clause":"All businesses in the real estate industry... are permitted to conduct in-person operations for properties located in counties which have designated as being in the Red and Yellow phases, so long as they strictly adhere to the requirements of this guidance.... Schedule in-person office visits, property showings, appraisals, inspections, final walk-throughs, and title insurance activities by appointment... Limit in-person activities to no more than the real estate professional and two people inside a property... Utilize electronic marketing as much as possible, including virtual tours, virtual showings and virtual open houses... Stagger scheduling of property showings by thirty minutes or more... [prohibiting] Conducting in-person group showings for either potential buyers or real estate professionals","enforcement":"35 P.S. 521.20 (Disease Prevention and Control Law); 35 Pa. C.S. 7301; business licensure","functions":["SH showings capped at three persons; no open houses","LS virtual marketing compelled","AP appraisals and inspections by appointment","CL title activities by appointment","OP offices by appointment"],"notes":"Supersedes the Department of State\u0027s Limited Guidance of Apr. 28, 2020; before May 19 in-person real estate was not life-sustaining and was closed from Mar. 21, 2020","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200519-Real-Estate-Guidance.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200601000000id_/https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200519-Real-Estate-Guidance.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":145563,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-14","url":"/library/SEC-14-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-14-020","citation":"Governor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor and Department of State), Guidance for Businesses in the Real Estate Industry Permitted to Operate During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency to Ensure the Safety and Health of Employees and the Public (May 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-020)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":[]}