The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Second Judicial Circuit (Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties) · South Dakota
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Supreme Court Order Declaring Judicial Emergency
- Issued
- 2020-10-20 Oct. 20, 2020
- Effective
- immediately (read as 2020-10-20)
- End
- 'until further order' (succeeded by the April 6, 2021 order, SD-084) (read as 2021-04-06)
- In force
- Oct. 20, 2020 to Apr. 6, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all persons entering the Minnehaha and Lincoln County courthouses
- Functions reached
- CT courthouse masks and half occupancy
- MASK
- CAP courtrooms half occupancy
- Collection
- South Dakota SD
Operative words
1. All persons entering the Minnehaha County Courthouse or the Courthouse portion of the Lincoln County Administration Building (the Courthouses) shall wear protective facial coverings such as a mask, scarf, bandana or other cloth which covers the nose and mouth... 2. No one, including the public, parties to litigation, attorneys, defendants, and employees shall enter the Courthouses if they fall into any of the categories below: a. Persons who have been directed to self-quarantine... c. Persons with a pending COVID-19 test... 9. Courtrooms shall be limited to one-half the posted occupancy.
Enforcement
Court Security Officers may question and deny entry
Notes
Winter 2020 re-tightening in the Sioux Falls courts