Administrative Order No. 2020-06-13

The record

Jurisdiction

Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties) · Orlando · Florida

Level

Court

Authority

Fla. Const. art. V, sec. 2(d); Fla. Stat. 40.001, 43.26, 905.01; Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.215; Fla. Sup. Ct. Emergency Orders (AOSC21-17 as amended)

Issued

2021-10-08 Oct. 8, 2021

Effective

2021-10-18 12:01 a.m. (read as 2021-10-18)

End

2021-11-01 12:01 a.m. (AO 2020-06-14 discontinued the mask requirement) (read as 2021-11-01)

In force

Oct. 18, 2021 to Nov. 1, 2021

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• everyone entering any court facility in the Ninth Judicial Circuit, including litigants, lawyers, witnesses, visitors, court and clerk staff, deputies, maintenance personnel and Judges

Functions reached

• CT courts and clerks
• WF jurors, witnesses (masked)
• OF legal services (remote proceedings compelled where able)

Collection

Orlando MET-ORL

Operative words

Due to the number of new daily cases and positivity rates in both Orange and Osceola Counties now decreasing, the temporary modification to operations limiting public access to court facilities put in place on August 23, 2021 may now be lifted.... ORDERED, effective 12:01 a.m. on October 18, 2021:... (2) Face masks must be worn at all times in the public spaces of all court facilities, including courtrooms and during in-person court proceedings.... (4) Court proceedings shall continue to be remotely conducted, as appropriate... Participants who have the capability of participating by electronic means in remote trial court proceedings must do so.... (14) Administrative Order 2020-06-12 is vacated and set aside except to the extent that it has been incorporated and/or amended herein.

Enforcement

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