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Administrative Orders

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Administrative Orders affecting Justice Court operations are posted here. They may have come from the Arizona Supreme Court, Maricopa County Superior Court, or the Justice Courts' Presiding Justice of the Peace. Orders issued prior to 2020 may be obtained through a public records request.

Title Issue Date Note
2023-0014 (Justice Court) September 1, 2023 Defensive Driving Extensions
2023-028 (Superior Court) March 2, 2023 Juvenile Hearing Officers (Amending 2023-023)
2023-026 (Superior Court) February 9, 2023 Hearing Officer Appointments
2023-023 (Superior Court) February 3, 2023 Juvenile Hearing Officers
2023-019 (Superior Court) February 3, 2023 Veterans Treatment Courts

Title Issue Date Note
2022-151 (Superior Court) December 6, 2022 Small Claims Hearing Officer Appointments
2022-150 (Superior Court) December 6, 2022 Judge Pro-Tempore Appointments
2022-003 (Justice Court) December 1, 2022 Civil Traffic Hearing Officer Appointments
2022-002 (Justice Court) December 1, 2022 Mediator Appointments
2022-001 (Justice Court) October 1, 2022 DDS Extensions
2022-119 (Superior Court) September 20, 2022 Remote/In person hearings in Justice Court
2022-88 (Supreme Court) August 3, 2022 Remote/In person hearings in Arizona
2022-46 (Supreme Court)   April 27, 2022 Rescinded by 2022-88
2022-043 (Superior Court) April 7, 2022 Resumption of Normal Operations
2022-34 (Supreme Court)   April 1, 2022 Resumption of Normal Operations
2022-019 (Superior Court) March 4, 2022 Rescinded by 2022-043
2022-018 (Superior Court) February 24, 2022 Judge Pro-Tempore Appointment
2022-14 (Supreme Court) January 19, 2022 Evictions under COVID

Title Issue Date Note
 2021-004 (Justice Courts)   December 20, 2021 University Lakes recusal
 2021-003 (Justice Courts)   December 20, 2021 Rescinded 10/31/22
 2021-187 (Supreme Court)   December 14, 2021 Rescinded by 2022-34
 2021-002 (Justice Courts)   December 9, 2021 Mediator Appointments
 2021-175 (Justice Courts)   December 7, 2021 Hearing Officer Appointments
 2021-176 (Superior Court)   December 3, 2021 Hearing Officer Appointments
 2021-174 (Superior Court)   December 3, 2021 Judge Pro-Tempore Appointments
 2021-172 (Supreme Court)   November 10, 2021 Replaced by 2021-187
 21-A23 (US Supreme Court)   August 26, 2021 Canceling CDC "Moratorium"
 2021-129 (Supreme Court)   August 5, 2021 Replaced by 2022-14
 2021-119 (Superior Court)   August 4, 2021 Modifying 2021-104
 2021-112 (Superior Court)   July 28, 2021 Replaced by 2022-019
 2021-104 (Superior Court)   July 16, 2021 Rescinded by 2022-043
 2021-120 (Supreme Court)   July 15, 2021 Evictions under COVID
 2021-109 (Supreme Court)   July 14, 2021 Replaced by 2021-172
 2021-75 (Superior Court)   May 28, 2021 Replaced by 2021-104
 2021-77 (Supreme Court)   May 21, 2021 Replaced by 2021-109
 2021-53 (Supreme Court)   April 15, 2021 Replaced by 2021-120
 2021-52 (Supreme Court)   April 15, 2021 Replaced by 2021-77
 2021-47 (Supreme Court)   March 30, 2021 Replaced by 2021-53
 2021-001 (Justice Courts)   February 23, 2021 Highland recusal
 2021-19 (Supreme Court)   February 1, 2021 Replaced by 2021-47
2021-12 (Superior Court) February 1, 2021 Replaced by 2023-19

Title Issue Date Note
 2020-005   December 15, 2020 Mediator appointments
 2020-004   December 15, 2020 Hearing Officer appointments
 2020-003   August 12, 2020 Home Detention
 2020-002   February 14, 2020 Downtown recusal
 2020-001   January 17, 2020 Downtown recusal
COVID-19 AOs
      2020-229 (Supreme Court)   December 30, 2020 Replaced by 2021-19
      2020-197 (Supreme Court)   December 3, 2020 Replaced by 2021-52
      2020-152 (Superior Court)   November 5, 2020 Replaced by 2021-075
      2020-177 (Supreme Court)   November 18, 2020 Replaced by 2020-197
      2020-163 (Supreme Court)   October 14, 2020 Replaced by 2020-229
      2020-159 (Supreme Court)   October 7, 2020 Replaced by 2020-163
      2020-151 (Supreme Court)   September 22, 2020 Replaced by 2020-151
      2020-143 (Supreme Court)   August 26, 2020 Replaced by 2020-177
      2020-119 (Supreme Court)   July 22, 2020 Replaced by 2020-147
      2020-49 (Governor Ducey)   July 16, 2020 Expired October 31, 2020
      2020-114 (Supreme Court)   July 15, 2020 Replaced by 2020-143
      2020-105 (Supreme Court)   July 7, 2020 Replaced by 2020-119
      2020-79 (Superior Court)   June 2, 2020 Replaced by 2020-152
      2020-79 (Supreme Court)   May 20, 2020 Replaced by 2020-114
      2020-70 (Supreme Court)   April 24, 2020 Replaced by 2020-75
      2020-69 (Superior Court)   April 24, 2020 Replaced by 2020-79
      2020-60 (Superior Court)   April 13, 2020 Replaced by 2020-69
      2020-48 (Superior Court)   March 26, 2020 Replaced by 2020-60
      2020-14 (Governor Ducey)   March 24, 2020 Expired July 25, 2020
      2020-38 (Superior Court)   March 19, 2020 Replaced by 2020-60
      2020-48 (Supreme Court)   March 18, 2020 Replaced by 2020-60