{"id":"WV-070","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"West Virginia","state":"WV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (Chief Justice Tim Armstead)","authority":"W. Va. Const. art. VIII, sec. 3; W. Va. Code 2-2-2 (declaration of judicial emergency)","instrument":"Administrative Order: Judicial Emergency Declared","title":"Judicial emergency declared March 23 through April 10, 2020 in all 55 counties; proceedings and deadlines stayed; jury trials stayed; limitations periods extended","dateIssued":"2020-03-22","effective":"2020-03-23","end":"Extended to May 1, 2020 (Amended Order, Apr. 3; Ex. WV-071) and May 15, 2020 (Second Amended Order, Apr. 22; Ex. WV-072); expired May 15, 2020 under the Resumption of Operations order (Ex. WV-073)","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2020-05-01","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all circuit, family and magistrate courts","litigants, jurors, witnesses, attorneys"],"clause":"a judicial emergency is declared for the day(s) of March 23, 2020, through April 10, 2020, in all fifty-five (55) counties in West Virginia. Pursuant to W. Va. Code 2-2-2(a), all proceedings and court deadlines, except the emergency proceedings described herein, directed to take place or any act required to be done on any day falling within this period of judicial emergency, are stayed. All jury trials are stayed during this period of judicial emergency. Deadlines set forth in court rules, statutes, ordinances, administrative rules, scheduling orders, or otherwise that are set to expire between March 23, 2020, and April 10, 2020, are hereby extended to April 11, 2020. Statutes of limitations and statutes of repose that would otherwise expire during the period between March 23, 2020, and April 10, 2020, are hereby extended to April 11, 2020.... It is further ORDERED that this ORDER supersedes any local administrative order issued by a judicial official.","enforcement":"Supervisory order; supersedes local judicial orders","functions":["CT courts (all non-emergency civil and criminal proceedings stayed)","SV collections, evictions and foreclosure proceedings stayed","CL real-estate litigation and quiet-title","CRT"],"notes":"Recital: the emergency \u0027requires immediate action to encourage effective social distancing and reduce the need for people to leave their homes.\u0027","sourceUrl":"http://www.courtswv.gov/covid19/JudicialEmergencyDeclared3-22-20.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200328141724/http://www.courtswv.gov/covid19/JudicialEmergencyDeclared3-22-20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1269641,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WV","url":"/library/WV-070","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WV-070","citation":"Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (Chief Justice Tim Armstead), Administrative Order: Judicial Emergency Declared (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. WV-070)","stateName":"West Virginia","related":["WV-071","WV-072","WV-073","WV-069"]}