Emergency Order for All Travis County Criminal Courts

The record

Jurisdiction

Travis County, Texas (County Courts at Law and Criminal District Courts) · Austin · Texas

Level

Court

Authority

Emergency orders of the Supreme Court of Texas and the Court of Criminal Appeals (First Emergency Order, March 13, 2020), as recited; Administrative File No. GN-61-121012

Issued

2020-03-14 Mar. 14, 2020

Effective

2020-03-14

End

2020-05-08 (courts 'will resume operations on May 8, 2020, unless otherwise notified'; successors not in library) (read as 2020-05-08)

In force

Mar. 14, 2020 to May 8, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all parties, counsel and jurors in Travis County criminal courts

Functions reached

• CT/CRT criminal dockets and jury trials suspended (legal services; court-dependent businesses such as bail bonds)
• WF jurors and court staff

Collection

Austin MET-AUS

Operative words

The Criminal Courts of Travis County, Texas, having received the Orders of the Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas, and in compliance thereof, will be resetting all scheduled out of jail court appearances to be held in the County Courts-At-Law and Criminal District Courts until after 05/08/2020. There will be no summonses for jury service issued for jury trials to take place prior to 05/08/2020, and no jury trials will be held during that time period. Special case settings arranged by the parties, emergency hearings, mental health and related hearings, protective order cases, and, non-contested docket settings and appearances for in-jail cases will continue...

Enforcement

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