5th JUDICIAL DISTRICT

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Coronavirus Updates

EXECUTIVE ORDERS: All recent Governor’s Executive Orders

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS: All latest Administrative Orders

AO-304-20 Term 1 – 2021 GRAND JURIES – Postponement
AO-95-20 Establishing 5th JD Temporary CAP [Centralized Arraignment Parts] Courts
- Exhibit A – 5th JD Temporary CAP Courts – Herkimer, Jefferson & Lewis Counties

5th JUDICIAL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS & NOTICES:

5AO2022-04 Fifteenth Operational Administrative Order - Effective 2/25/2022
- 5th Judicial District Updated Operating Protocols for the Expansion of Court Operations
5AO2021-36 Fourteenth Amended Operational Administrative Order - AMMENDED 8/30/2021
5AO2021-31 Fourteenth Amended Operational Administrative Order - Effective 6/30/2021
- 5th Judicial District Updated Operating Protocols
- 5th JD Town and Village Courts Updated Operating Protocols
5AO2021-25 Thirteenth Amended Operational Administrative Order - Effective 4/26/2021
- 5th Judicial District Updated Operating Protocols
- 5th JD Town and Village Courts Updated Operating Protocols
5AO2021-09 Twelfth Amended Operational Administrative Order - Effective 2/22/2021
- 5th Judicial District Updated Operating Protocols
- 5th JD Town and Village Courts Updated Operating Protocols
Revised procedures for Addressing Residential Foreclosure Proceedings-
- Memo from Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks dated 12/31/2020; Administrative Order AO 341/20; and Notice to Mortgagor & Mortgagor’s Declaration of Hardship
Revised procedures for Addressing Residential Eviction Proceedings-
- Memo from Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks dated 12/30/2020; Administrative Order AO 340/20; and Notice to Tenant & Tenant’s Declaration of Hardship
5AO2020-118 Eleventh Amended Operational Administrative Order - Effective 12/9/2020
- 5th Judicial District Updated Operating Protocols
- 5th JD Town and Village Courts Updated Operating Protocols
5AO2020-113 Tenth Amended Operational Administrative Order - Effective 11/23/2020
- 5th Judicial District Updated Operating Protocols
- 5th JD Town and Village Courts Updated Operating Protocols
5AO2020-112 5th JD Administrative Order RE: Grand Juries
5AO2020-107 Ninth Second Amended Operational Administrative Order
- Memo from Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks dated 10/22/2020 and Administrative Order AO 232/20 Revised Procedure for Addressing Foreclosure Proceedings
5AO2020-102 Ninth Amended Operational Administrative Order - Effective 10/19/2020
- Attachment A - 5th JD Phase IV.1 UPDATED Summary RIPCO Plan effective 10/19/2020
- Attachment B - 5th JD Phase IV.1 UPDATED SUMMARY RIPCOM Plan for Town & Village Courts effective 10/19/20202
Revised procedures for Addressing Residential Eviction Proceedings-
- Memo from Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks dated 10/9/2020 and Administrative Order AO 231/20
5th Judicial District Foreclosure Sale COVID-19 Protocols Effective 5/31/2022

5th Judicial District Jury Trial Procedures Effective 9/8/2020

5AO2020-86 Eighth Amended Operational Administrative Order
- Attachment A- 5th JD Phase IV.1 Summary RIPCO effective 8/10/2020
- Attachment B- 5th JD Phase IV.1 Summary for Town & Village Courts
- Attachment C- Revised MEMO RE: Residential & Commercial Eviction Proceedings and AO 160A-20 effective 8/13/2020