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Order Regarding Foreclosure Cases Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)

In re: Order Regarding Foreclosure Cases Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division · Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Cuyahoga County, Ohio · Cleveland · Ohio
Level
Court
Authority
Sup. R. 5; Supreme Court of Ohio Administrative Action of Mar. 27, 2020, § (G)
Issued
2020-05-26 May 26, 2020
Effective
2020-05-26 (general stay ended May 15, 2020) (read as 2020-05-26)
End
2020-07-31 (stay of execution, judicial sales, confirmations, sheriff's deeds and writs of possession) (read as 2020-07-31)
In force
May 26, 2020 to July 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • all parties to foreclosure cases
  • Sheriff
  • Clerk
Functions reached
  • SV servicing, foreclosure and REO
  • CL closings and title (sheriff's deeds)
  • PM property management (writs of possession)
  • CB lenders and investors
Collection
Cleveland MET-CLE

Operative words

1. The general stay of all foreclosure cases ended on May 15, 2020. Except for cases concerning vacant and abandoned properties, execution in all foreclosure cases, including ordering of judicial sales, confirmation of judicial sales, issuance of sheriff's deeds, and writs of possession, is stayed until July 31, 2020. 2. The tolling provisions of the Ohio Supreme Court's March 27, 2020, Administrative Action are henceforth inapplicable to foreclosure cases.

Enforcement

Stay

Notes

Recites that the Court 'previously stayed foreclosure cases until May 15, 2020' (from Mar. 16, 2020).

Retrieval note

Filed May 26, 2020; read as image.