Order declaring a general statewide judicial emergency, In re General Statewide Judicial Emergency, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket

The record

Jurisdiction

Pennsylvania

Level

Court

Authority

Pa. Const. art. V, § 10(a); Pa. R.J.A. 1952(A)

Issued

2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-03-16

End

Declared until Apr. 14, 2020; extended through Apr. 30 (PA-087) and to June 1, 2020 (PA-088, PA-089); local judicial emergencies continued thereafter by president judges' orders (read as 2020-04-14)

In force

Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 14, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all Pennsylvania courts and magisterial district judges
• litigants and counsel

Functions reached

• CT courts, clerks, prothonotaries
• CL closings dependent on court and recorder functions
• SV foreclosure and collection litigation
• PM eviction proceedings

Collection

Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

[Pursuant to Rule of Judicial] Administration 1952(A), this Court DECLARES a general, statewide judicial emergency until April 14, 2020, on account of COVID-19.... [President Judges are authorized to declare judicial] emergencies in their judicial districts through April 14, 2020, or for part of that period... 2. Upon the declaration of a judicial emergency in a particular judicial district, the [President Judge has the authority:] A. To suspend time calculations for the purposes of time computation [relevant to court cases or other judicial business]... [President Judges] HAVE THE AUTHORITY to suspend the operation of Rule of Criminal Procedure 600...

Enforcement

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