The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- The Court's authority to administer justice
- Issued
- 2020-06-18 June 18, 2020
- Effective
- Jury trials may commence from July 6, 2020 (read as 2020-07-06)
- End
- Controls the conduct of jury trials during the emergency; supplemented by 25700-B-646 and -658 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- July 6, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all Washington trial courts
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Washington WA
Operative words
1. Jury trials are necessary to the open administration of justice in Washington. Courts may commence new jury trials starting July 6, 2020 in courthouse facilities [only under the most protective applicable public health guidance in their jurisdiction, with the distancing, screening and facility modifications set out in the order]... 4. The use of remote technology in jury selection, including use of video for voir dire [is authorized]... DATED at Olympia, Washington this 18th day of June, 2020.
Enforcement
Notes
Recites 'the suspension of jury trials until at least July 6, 2020'; conditions on courthouse capacity and distancing constrained the civil trial calendar throughout 2020-21.
Retrieval noteBracketed words summarize text between quoted fragments.