The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- S.C. Const. art. V, § 4
- Issued
- 2020-07-30 July 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-30
- End
- In force at least through Aug. 27, 2021 by incorporation in the trial-court orders of Dec. 16, 2020, Mar. 4 and June 15, 2021 (SC-052, SC-054). (read as 2021-08-27)
- In force
- July 30, 2020 to Aug. 27, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all persons employed in, conducting business in, or visiting county and municipal courthouses statewide
- clerks of court
- county executives
- Functions reached
- CT courts, clerks and recorders housed in courthouses
- PJ litigation
- CL closings and filings
- WF jurors, witnesses and staff
- Collection
- South Carolina SC
Operative words
IT IS ORDERED all persons employed in, conducting business in, or otherwise visiting or present for any reason in county and municipal courthouses statewide are required to wear a protective mask or other facial covering while inside the courthouse... The number of COVID-19 infections in South Carolina is rapidly increasing and has reached an alarming positive test rate.... a statewide mandate requiring a mask or other facial covering in county and municipal courthouses statewide.
Enforcement
Administrative order of the Chief Justice; contempt (cf. SC-051); incorporated as 'shall wear' in SC-052 and SC-054
Notes
Recites that 'the Governor recently announced the requirement for the use of facial covering in state government buildings' (EO 2020-50, effective Aug. 3, 2020).