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Supplemental Order - Common Pleas essential functions (non-exhaustive list), Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket

In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Supplemental Order

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam) · Pennsylvania (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania
Level
Court
Authority
Pa. Const. art. V, § 10(a); Pa. R.J.A. 1952(A)
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-24
End
With PA-085 (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 24, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • courts of common pleas
Functions reached
  • CT
Collection
Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

[The Court's Order of March 18, 2020] is SUPPLEMENTED as set forth herein. The non-exclusive list of essential functions [that courts of common pleas must continue to perform during the closure is expanded, including commencement of a civil action by praecipe for a writ of summons for purposes of tolling a statute of limitations]...

Enforcement

Supreme Court supervisory authority

Notes

Confirms that only enumerated 'essential functions' of the courts operated Mar. 19 - Apr. 30, 2020.

Retrieval note

Text read (short order); bracketed summary.

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