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- Jurisdiction
- Maricopa County, Arizona (Superior Court) · Phoenix and Tucson · Arizona
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Order 2021-109
- Issued
- 2021-07-16 July 16, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-07-19
- End
- Amended by AO 2021-112 (July 28) and 2021-119 (Aug. 4, 2021); in force Sept. 30, 2021 (read as 2021-08-04)
- In force
- July 19, 2021 to Aug. 4, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- the public
- litigants, jurors, lawyers
- judicial branch employees
- Functions reached
- CT/CRT courts, clerks, self-help centers
- OP legal practice (hearings both in person and remote)
- WF jurors and employees (screening, masks)
- Collection
- Phoenix and Tucson MET-PHX
Operative words
THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that effective July 19, 2021, public access restrictions for Judicial Branch facilities in Maricopa County will be lifted. Social distancing requirements will remain at six feet apart, but will be reduced to three feet effective August 2, 2021. Health screening upon entry and previously ordered mask requirements will remain in place.... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all other persons entering a court facility shall wear a mask or face covering when they are in a posted Mask Mandated Area of a court facility... Any person who refuses to wear a mask or face covering as directed by court personnel will be denied entrance or removed from the facility.... Mask Mandated Areas shall include, but are not limited to, courtrooms, jury assembly areas, law libraries, self-help centers, information [counters].
Enforcement
Denial of entry or removal
Notes
Recites that on March 19, 2020 the Judicial Branch in Maricopa County limited the public's physical access and 'maintained public access limitations' through July 18, 2021, with screening, mask mandates and distancing.
Retrieval noteIts existence and effect are recited in AOs 2021-112 and 2021-119.