Administrative Order on the Progressive Resumption of Full Function of Judiciary Operations Previously Restricted Due to the COVID-19 Emergency (May 22, 2020; amended June 3 and Oct. 2, 2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

Maryland

Level

Court

Authority

Md. Const. art. IV, sec. 18; Md. Rules Title 16, Chapter 1000

Issued

2020-05-22 May 22, 2020

Effective

Phase II June 5, 2020; Phase III July 20, 2020; Phase IV Aug. 31, 2020; Phase V Oct. 5, 2020 (read as 2020-06-05)

End

Superseded by the Nov. 12 and Nov. 24, 2020 orders returning the courts to Phase III and then Phase II (MD-086, MD-087) (read as 2020-11-24)

In force

June 5, 2020 to Nov. 24, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all courts and clerks' offices
• litigants, jurors, the public

Functions reached

• CT
• CL
• PJ
• SV
• WF jurors

Collection

Maryland MD

Operative words

[Five-phase progressive return to operations: Phase I emergency operations; Phase II from June 5, 2020 with clerks' offices closed to the public with limited exceptions; Phase III from July 20, 2020 with certain non-jury trials and limited in-person services; Phase IV from Aug. 31, 2020 with courts open to the public and non-jury trials and contested hearings; Phase V from Oct. 5, 2020 with jury trials resuming] (as recited in the Feb. 16, 2021 and Aug. 6, 2021 orders, MD-088 and MD-090)

Enforcement

Notes