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Trial Division Administrative Docket No. 27 of 2021

In re: Continuation of Residential Eviction Moratorium Pursuant to the Order of the Centers for Disease Control issued August 3, 2021

Hon. Lisette Shirdan-Harris, Administrative Judge, Trial Division, and Hon. Daniel J. Anders, Supervising Judge, Civil Section · First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division) · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
Level
Court
Authority
Pa.R.J.A. 1952; the CDC order of Aug. 3, 2021
Issued
2021-08-04 Aug. 4, 2021
Effective
2021-08-04
End
2021-10-03 'or until further order of Court' (read as 2021-10-03)
In force
Aug. 4, 2021 to Oct. 3, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public officesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • landlords and tenants in Common Pleas ejectment and landlord-tenant actions
Functions reached
  • PM evictions through Q3 2021
  • SV
  • CT
Collection
Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

upon consideration of the Order issued on August 3, 2021 by Rochelle P. Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, temporarily halting evictions through October 3, 2021 of covered persons in counties experiencing substantial or high rates of community transmission levels of Covid-19... and it appearing that Philadelphia County is on the CDC's list of counties with substantial or high rates of community transmission levels of Covid-19, it is hereby ORDERED and DECREED that the Residential Eviction Moratorium as referenced in this Court's Order issued on March 31, 2021, Administrative Order No. 14 of 2021, is extended through October 3, 2021 or until further order of Court.

Enforcement

Court order

Notes

The court's own finding that Philadelphia County was at substantial or high transmission in August 2021