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- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301
- Issued
- 2020-05-19 May 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-19
- End
- As PA-002 (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- May 19, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all businesses in the real estate industry
- Functions reached
- SH showings (closed Mar. 20 - May 19, 2020; then conditioned)
- LS listings
- CL closings, title, notaries
- AP appraisals and inspections
- ML mortgage origination
- Collection
- Pennsylvania PA
Operative words
I hereby amend my Order directing 'The Closure of All Businesses that Are Not Life Sustaining' dated March 19, 2020, as subsequently amended.... The Order is further amended by adding the following paragraph after Section 1(C): D. All businesses in the real estate industry, which includes real estate professionals, [appraisers, notaries, title companies, settlement service providers, escrow officers, home inspectors, mortgage loan originators...] may conduct in-person operations... beginning on May 19, 2020. Such businesses must adhere to the Administration's Guidance for Businesses in the Real Estate Industry Permitted to Operate [During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency]... This Amendment is effectively immediately. The Order, as previously amended, remains [unchanged in every other respect].
Enforcement
Notes
Primary evidence that in-person real estate operations were prohibited statewide until May 19, 2020, two months after the closure order.
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