The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- King County Superior Court, Washington · Seattle · Washington
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Washington Supreme Court Order 25700-B-602 (Mar. 4, 2020); GR 29
- Issued
- 2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-19
- End
- Superseded by the court's later emergency orders (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 19, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- counsel, defendants and the public in King County Superior Court
- Functions reached
- CT court operations (criminal calendars; in-person representation modified)
- Collection
- Seattle MET-SEA
Operative words
[Scanned; OCR pages 1-3 read:] FILED KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON MAR 19 2020... IN THE MATTER OF THE RESPONSE BY KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN WASHINGTON STATE... EMERGENCY ORDER REGARDING REPRESENTATION OF ADULT CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS... FINDINGS OF FACT BASED UPON THE PUBLIC RECORD: On February 29, 2020, Governor Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency... On March 11, 2020, Governor Jay Inslee issued another Proclamation and Order banning gatherings of 250 or more... On March 11, 2020, King County Public Health Local Health Officer, Dr. Duchin issued the following Order banning groups of smaller than 250 unless certain steps can be taken:
Enforcement
Notes
Ten pages; reproduces Proclamation 20-07 and the Local Health Officer's Mar. 11, 2020 order in full (pages 3-4), which makes this exhibit the primary source for the text of the Mar. 11 order (record MET-SEA-N01). Operative provisions on pages 4-10 not OCR-read in this session.
Retrieval noteScanned image; text from OCR of pages 1-3.