Administrative Order: Judicial Emergency Declared, Second Amended Order

The record

Jurisdiction

West Virginia

Level

Court

Authority

W. Va. Const. art. VIII, sec. 3; W. Va. Code 2-2-2

Issued

2020-04-22 Apr. 22, 2020

Effective

2020-04-22

End

Continued in force through May 15, 2020 by the Resumption of Operations order (Ex. WV-073) (read as 2020-05-15)

In force

Apr. 22, 2020 to May 15, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all circuit, family and magistrate courts

Functions reached

• CT courts
• SV
• CRT

Collection

West Virginia WV

Operative words

a judicial emergency is declared for the day(s) of March 23, 2020, through May 15, 2020, in all fifty-five (55) counties in West Virginia.... all in-person proceedings and court deadlines, except the emergency proceedings described and other proceedings authorized herein,... are stayed. All jury trials and grand jury proceedings are stayed during this period of judicial emergency. Deadlines... that are set to expire between March 23, 2020, and May 15, 2020, are hereby extended to May 18, 2020. Statutes of limitations and statutes of repose... are hereby extended to May 18, 2020.... Proceedings previously scheduled between March 23, 2020, and May 15, 2020, are continued until a later date determined by the presiding judicial officer, unless the hearing, proceeding, or bench trial can occur via telephone or video conference as permitted below.

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