{"id":"TX-048","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals (joint order)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 22.0035(b)","instrument":"First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042 (Tex.) and No. 20-007 (Tex. Crim. App.)","title":"First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"2020-05-08 (renewed and amended by successive orders through 2021 and beyond)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-05-08","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all courts in Texas","parties, attorneys, witnesses, court reporters, jurors"],"clause":"2. Subject only to constitutional limitations, all courts in Texas may in any case, civil or criminal--and must to avoid risk to court staff, parties, attorneys, jurors, and the public--without a participant\u0027s consent: a. Modify or suspend any and all deadlines and procedures... for a stated period ending no later than 30 days after the Governor\u0027s state of disaster has been lifted; b. Allow or require anyone involved in any hearing, deposition, or other proceeding of any kind... to participate remotely... 3. All courts in Texas may extend the statute of limitations in any civil case for a stated period ending no later than 30 days after the Governor\u0027s state of disaster has been lifted.","enforcement":"Court order binding all Texas courts","functions":["CT courts and clerks","CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions","PJ law-firm litigation projects","SV collections and foreclosure litigation"],"notes":"The first of forty-six emergency orders (Mar. 13, 2020 - 2022); the series never lapsed in the six claimable quarters","sourceUrl":"https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1446056/209042.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":411429,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-048","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-048","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals (joint order), First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042 (Tex.) and No. 20-007 (Tex. Crim. App.) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. TX-048)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}