The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois · Illinois
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b); the court's inherent authority; Ill. S. Ct. M.R. 30370
- Issued
- 2021-04-27 Apr. 27, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-04-22
- End
- Further amended (June-Oct. 2021); in force, as amended, on Sept. 30, 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Apr. 22, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all judges and employees of the Circuit Court
- attorneys, litigants, jurors and witnesses
- the Sheriff of Cook County
- landlords and tenants
- Functions reached
- CT courts and agencies
- SV servicing and collections
- PM property management
- OF office and administration
- WF workforce
- Collection
- State courts AGY-ST-COURTS
Operative words
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, except as expressly provided below or in extraordinary or compelling circumstances, all matters in all Districts and Divisions of the court shall be conducted by videoconference... all judges of the court shall work remotely and conduct business telephonically or by videoconference... all persons... wear masks or other face coverings in the courthouse at all times... except as permitted by the Governor's Exec. Order No. 2021-05 (March 5, 2021)... no residential real estate eviction action shall commence or continue unless a tenant poses a direct threat... the sheriff of Cook County shall refrain from enforcement of eviction orders relating to residential real estate until further order of the court
Enforcement
General administrative order under Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b)
Retrieval noteScanned PDF read by Windows OCR (first two of eleven pages).