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Executive Order 1465

Shelter in place for Lauderdale County

Governor Tate Reeves · Mississippi (Lauderdale County) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Mississippi (Lauderdale County) · Mississippi
Level
State
Authority
Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(c)(1), (c)(4), 33-15-31
Issued
2020-03-31 Mar. 31, 2020
Effective
2020-03-31 22:00 (read as 2020-03-31)
End
2020-04-14 23:59 as issued; end date amended by EO 1466 to coincide with the statewide order (Apr. 20, then Apr. 27, 2020) (read as 2020-04-14)
In force
Mar. 31, 2020 to Apr. 14, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venuesOther
Addressees
  • all individuals in Lauderdale County
  • all businesses and non-profit entities in Lauderdale County
Functions reached
  • CB customer base under stay-home
  • SF premises closed
  • WF workforce
  • GATH
Collection
Mississippi MS

Operative words

Duration: This Shelter in Place shall be effective 10:00 p.m. March 31, 2020, and shall remain in full force and effect until 11:59 p.m. April 14, 2020... all individuals currently living in Lauderdale County are ordered to stay at home or in their place of residence except as allowed in this Executive Order... All businesses and non-profit entities operating within Lauderdale County, except for Essential Business or Operations identified in Executive Order No. 1463 as Supplemented... shall cease operation and all activities except Minimum Operations... evictions within Lauderdale County are suspended.

Enforcement

Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(b)(5) and (b)(6); violations subject to Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-43

Notes

Meridian (Lauderdale County) was the State's first shelter-in-place jurisdiction, three days before the statewide order.

Retrieval note

Signature date 'the 31st day of March' in the partial text layer and OCR.