{"id":"UT-049","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Utah","state":"UT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Utah Supreme Court and Utah Judicial Council","authority":"Utah Const. art. VIII; Pandemic Response Plan; Risk Phase Response Plan (June 17, 2020)","instrument":"Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (December 31, 2020)","title":"Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-12-31","effective":"2020-12-31; entirely replaces all preceding administrative orders","end":"Replaced by the Apr. 19, 2021 order, the May 21, 2021 order (mask mandate ended) and the June 3, 2021 order","startDate":"2020-12-31","endDate":"2021-04-19","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","TELE","GATH","MASK"],"addressees":["all Utah courts","litigants, jurors, the public"],"clause":"A court will be in the Red phase whenever the COVID-19 transmission rate is accelerating. A court may move to the Yellow phase when the rate of transmission in the county has been consistently [declining]... Today\u0027s Order entirely replaces all preceding administrative orders. This Order provides directives the courts must follow during Red and Yellow phases.... Red Phase... the judiciary remains at level Red in the plan and, except for the courts that have been approved for level Yellow, all members of the Judiciary are hereby instructed to continue implementing the provisions in level Red.... 9. Except as provided below, absent exigent circumstances, all hearings shall be conducted on the papers, or through remote transmission","enforcement":"Binding administrative order; governs over conflicting rules of procedure to the extent stated","functions":["CT in-person jury trials not conducted in Red-phase counties","CL remote hearings default","CB"],"notes":"Courts archive: \u0027in-person jury trials are not being conducted in counties currently under the Red Phase\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.utcourts.gov/content/dam/alerts/docs/20201231%20-%20Pandemic%20Administrative%20Order.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":211185,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"UT","url":"/library/UT-049","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/UT-049","citation":"Utah Supreme Court and Utah Judicial Council, Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (December 31, 2020) (Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. UT-049)","stateName":"Utah","related":[]}