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Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-077 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Supreme Judicial Court Order in re: COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic (March 17, 2020) (OE-144)

Statewide order closing Massachusetts courthouses to the public except for emergency matters that cannot be resolved remotely, continuing all jury trials, and tolling deadlines (effective March 18, 2020)

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide) (Court)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide) · Massachusetts
Level
Court
Authority
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, § 3
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-18
End
Superseded by the Updated Orders Regarding Court Operations (Apr. 1, 2020 onward) (read as 2020-04-01)
In force
Mar. 18, 2020 to Apr. 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • all Massachusetts state courts
  • the public and the bar
Functions reached
  • CT courts and agencies
  • SV servicing and collections
  • PM property management
  • CL closings
Collection
State courts AGY-ST-COURTS

Enforcement

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, § 3

Notes

Archived at mass.gov (capture Mar. 17, 2020, per the archive index);

Retrieval note

Existence and date from the SJC's own archived rules index and the Seventh Updated Order's reference to 'Prior SJC Orders'; text not read. Not to be cited by name until read.

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