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Ex. MET-MSY-078 Order Primary source read

Coronavirus Closure Order No. 2

19th JDC closed until 8:00 a.m. May 1, 2020; all dockets cancelled except emergency matters by remote means; East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court physically closed except emergency filings 8 a.m.-noon; Airline Highway recording office open 8 a.m.-noon for recorded documents and notarial acts only

Chief Judge Wilson Fields, for the 19th Judicial District Court · 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge (Court)

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The record

Jurisdiction
19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge · New Orleans and Baton Rouge · Louisiana
Level
Court
Authority
La. Const. art. V, § 1; La. R.S. 1:55; Governor's Proclamations 30 JBE 2020 and 41 JBE 2020 (recited); inherent powers
Issued
2020-04-06 Apr. 6, 2020
Effective
2020-04-06 (continuing the court's first closure order of March 2020) (read as 2020-04-06)
End
2020-05-01 8:00 a.m. (read as 2020-05-01)
In force
Apr. 6, 2020 to May 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • litigants, attorneys, jurors, the Clerk of Court, title and real-estate closers, notaries
Functions reached
  • CT
  • CL recorder and closings limited to four hours a day, no building admittance
  • PM
  • SV
Collection
New Orleans and Baton Rouge MET-MSY

Operative words

The Nineteenth Judicial District Court will remain closed until 8:00 a.m. on Friday, May 1, 2020.... All dockets are cancelled except as follows: Emergency and time-sensitive matters as determined by the Court may be held by teleconference or video conference.... The EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH Clerk of Court's office will be physically closed during this same time period, except that it will be open only for emergency filings between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.... The Airline Highway location of the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court's office will continue to be opened during this period from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., for the purpose of receiving recorded documents/notarial acts only. There will be no admittance to the building.

Enforcement

Court order

Notes

Documents the closure of the Baton Rouge courthouse and the four-hour, no-admittance recording window for every real-estate and lending transaction in the parish.

Retrieval note

The signed order was read from the Wayback raw PDF (rendered to PNG); the exhibit file is the live-rendered capture of the court's PDF. Coronavirus Closure Order No. 2... will remain closed until 8:00 a.m. on Friday, May 1, 2020... Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this 6th day of April, 2020', Wilson Fields, Chief Judge; sha256 recomputed).

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