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Administrative Order No. 2020-75

Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (Replacing AO 2020-70)

Arizona Supreme Court · Arizona (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Arizona
Level
Court
Authority
Ariz. Const. art. VI, secs. 3 and 5
Issued
2020-05-08 May 8, 2020
Effective
2020-05-08 (transition from June 1, 2020) (read as 2020-05-08)
End
2020-05-20 (replaced by AO 2020-79) (read as 2020-05-20)
In force
May 8, 2020 to May 20, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • all Arizona courts
  • court participants and visitors
Functions reached
  • CT courts and clerks
  • CL
  • PJ
  • WF jurors
Collection
Arizona AZ

Operative words

IT IS ORDERED that all Arizona Courts and the office of the presiding disciplinary judge may begin transitioning to in-person proceedings on June 1, 2020 to the extent this can be safely accomplished... Trials of cases to a jury may resume when Arizona enters Phase I, but not prior [to June 1, 2020]

Enforcement

Phased Standards for Resumption of On-Site Court Operations (Attachment A); masks required in courthouses

Notes

Peremptory changes of judge suspended to Dec. 31, 2020; staffing teams; in-person proceedings limited until Phase III.