The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Florida (all State courts) · Florida
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Art. V, s. 2(a), Fla. Const.; Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.205
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13 (jury provisions from Mar. 16) (read as 2020-03-13)
- End
- Extended and superseded by AOSC20-15, 20-17 and 20-23 (Apr. 6, 2020) (read as 2020-04-06)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to Apr. 6, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all circuit and county courts
- district courts of appeal
- litigants and jurors
- Functions reached
- CT jury trials, grand juries and jury selection suspended statewide
- CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions delayed
- SV foreclosure and collection dockets
- Collection
- Florida FL
Operative words
2. All grand jury proceedings, jury selection proceedings, and criminal and civil jury trials are suspended during the period beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, through Friday, March 27, 2020, or as provided by subsequent order.... 3. All time periods involving the speedy trial procedure, in criminal and juvenile court proceedings, are suspended from the close of business on Friday, March 13, 2020, until the close of business on Monday, March 30, 2020
Enforcement
Binding on all Florida courts
Notes
The first of the Supreme Court's COVID orders; the jury-trial suspension ran statewide until circuits reopened under Phase 2 plans (from mid-2020) and generally until 2021.