The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Indiana
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Ind. Admin. Rule 17 (emergency relief for trial courts); the Court's inherent authority to supervise the administration of all courts of the State
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16
- End
- Relief extended by the Apr. 3, May 13 and May 29, 2020 orders; tolling authority through Aug. 14, 2020 (read as 2020-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- every Indiana trial court
- litigants and counsel
- Functions reached
- CT courts, clerks and recorders
- CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions
- SV collections and foreclosure
- Collection
- Indiana IN
Operative words
The Indiana Supreme Court therefore ORDERS each trial court statewide to implement all relevant and necessary portions of its continuity of operations plan (COOP) in conjunction with county emergency and public health authorities... [and directs courts to petition for relief including] 1. Tolling for a limited time all laws, rules, and procedures setting time limits for speedy trials in criminal and juvenile proceedings, public health, mental health, and all other civil and criminal matters
Enforcement
Supreme Court supervisory authority; all 92 counties and many city and town courts obtained AR 17 orders (Exhibit A to the Apr. 3, 2020 order lists them)
Notes
The first of the statewide judicial emergency orders; the Court's later orders (Ex. IN-075 to IN-081) extend and refine it.
Retrieval noteFiled Mar. 16, 2020, 1:11 p.m.