COVID-19 Information and Updates

The Illinois Judicial Branch continues to monitor the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. It is important to have reliable information when dealing with a public health emergency. The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control are two verified sources for information on COVID-19. Court users and employees are reminded to take the same precautions that would be used during any flu season (wash your hands thoroughly, cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, and stay home if you are feeling sick). Please refer back to this page as it will be updated with new information as it becomes available.

PLEASE NOTE: Many Illinois courts are open for emergencies only. Additionally, the Illinois Supreme Court has issued extensions for deadlines in the Appellate Court and Supreme Court. Please find information below about your local courthouse or contact the clerk in your county or appellate district.

NOTA IMPORTANTE: Muchos tribunales de Illinois están abiertos solamente para emergencias. Además, la Corte Suprema de Illinois ha concedido extensiones de tiempo para los tramites en el Tribunal de Apelaciones y la Corte Suprema. A continuación podrá encontrar información acerca del juzgado de su localidad. Asimismo, puede comunicarse con el actuario de su condado o distrito de apelaciones.

For more COVID-19 information, please visit the websites listed below:

Chief Justice Anne M. Burke's Thank You Letter to Court Personnel

COVID-19 Resources for Courts

Illinois Supreme Court

Supreme Court Guidelines for Resuming Illinois Judicial Branch Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 signage in English and Spanish

Attending Court by Phone or Video: Questions and Tips for Court Users

Court Reestablishment Plans

Cook County

1st Circuit

2nd Circuit

3rd Circuit

3rd Circuit - Criminal Felony Matters

4th Circuit

5th Circuit

6th Circuit

7th Circuit - Greene County

7th Circuit - Jersey County

7th Circuit - Macoupin County

7th Circuit - Morgan County

7th Circuit - Sangamon County

7th Circuit - Scott County

8th Circuit

9th Circuit

10th Circuit

11th Circuit



12th Circuit

14th Circuit

13th Circuit

15th Circuit

16th Circuit

16th Circuit - Civil Division

16th Circuit - Criminal Jury Trial Proceedures

16th Circuit - Family Division

17th Circuit

18th Circuit

19th Circuit - Civil Division

19th Circuit - Criminal Division

19th Circuit - Family Division

20th Circuit

21st Circuit

22nd Circuit

23nd Circuit

Virtual Courtroom Guides

Supreme Court Remote Court Proceedings Guidance Document

1st Circuit - Saline County

1st Circuit - Williamson County

1st Circuit - Williamson County

12th Circuit

16th Circuit

20th Circuit

23rd Circuit

Illinois Judicial College Webinars

Lessons Learned from the Bench During COVID-19, June 23, 2020

Managing a Jury During COVID-19, June 18, 2020

Family Law Prove-Up Basics: Family Law Prove-Up Basics: Remote and Traditional Hearings, June 11, 2020

Using Interpreters in Remote Hearings, May 28, 2020

Circuit Court Clerks: How to Reopen After a Pandemic, May 13, 2020

Conducting Remote Hearings in Child Protection Cases, April 17, 2020

COVID-19 Impact on Probation and Court Services, April 9, 2020

Circuit Court Clerks: Managing in a Pandemic, March 27, 2020

Access to Justice & Emergency Preparedness in a Pandemic, March 19, 2020

Illinois State Bar Association Webinars

Remote Hearings 201: The Sequel, May 27, 2020

Remote Hearings 101, May, 2020

Remote Hearings: Coming Soon to a Courtroom Near You, May 14, 2020

National Center for State Courts Webinars

National Center for State Courts: "Back to the Future": Virtual Remote Interpreting and Other Language Access Solutions in the Time of COVID, Tuesday, June 30, 2 p.m.

Addressing Court Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being, June 25, 2020

Jury Service and Accessing Court Services Remotely in a (Post) Pandemic America: Results From a New National Public Opinion Poll, June 18, 2020

Handling High Volume Dockets: Spotlight on Eviction Diversion Programs, Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Reestablishing Jury Pools in the COVID-19 Era, Thursday, June 4, 2020

Finance Webinar: Reopening Strategies & Costs, Wednesday, June 3, 2020

How State Courts are Using Innovative Technologies and Responsible Health and Safety Practices to Resume Jury Trials, May 22, 2020

Expanding Court Operations II: Outside the Box Strategies, May 19, 2020

COVID-19 and Courthouses: Planning to get back to business inside the courthouse, May 15, 2020

Developing Plans for Expanding In-Person Court Operations, May 1, 2020

Lights, Cameras, Motion!, Act III, April 20, 2020

Lights, Cameras, Motion!, Act II, April 15, 2020

Lights, Cameras, Motion!, April 7, 2020

Access to Justice Considerations for State and Local Courts as They Respond to COVID-19: A Conversation, April 3, 2020

Supreme Court Updates

Date

Update

07/02/20

M.R. 30370 - In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency/Temporary Performance of Legal Services by Law Graduates

06/04/20

M.R. 30370 - In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency - Impact on Discovery - Amended

05/22/20

M.R. 30370 - In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency - CARES Act

05/22/20

Illinois Supreme Court Amends Rules to Support Use of Remote Hearings in Court Proceedings

05/20/20

Illinois Supreme Court Issues Guidelines for Resuming Judicial Branch Operations During COVID-19 Pandemic

05/20/20

Supreme Court Guidelines for Resuming Illinois Judicial Branch Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

05/20/20

M.R. 30370 - In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency

04/29/20

M.R. 30370 - In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency - Impact on Discovery - Corrected

04/24/20

M.R. 30370 - In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency - Impact on Post-Judgment Proceedings

04/07/20

M.R. 30370 - In re:Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency - Impact on Trials

04/03/20

M.R. 30370 - In re:Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency - Impact on Trials

04/02/20

M.R. 30370 - In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency - Paper Copy Extension

03/24/20

M.R. 30370 - In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency - Supreme Court Filing Deadlines

03/24/20

M.R. 30370 - In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency - Appellate Court Filing Deadlines

03/20/20

M.R. 30370 - In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency/Impact on Trials

03/18/20

Supreme Court to Allow 14 Days for Paper Copies

03/17/20

M.R. 30370 In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency

03/16/20

Commission on Professionalism: The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism has cancelled its Future is Now: Legal Services Conference scheduled for April 23, 2020.

03/13/20

Illinois Court Procedures for COVID-19; Supreme Court Livestream

03/11/20

A Message from the Chief Justice Regarding the Impact of COVID-19 on Judicial Branch Operations and Education Conference 2020

Recent Updates

Sorting: Updates may be sorted by 'Date' or 'Court.' Click on the column name/header, the updates will sort in descending/ascending order.

Date	Court	County	Update
07/02/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Amended Temporary Procedures for the Criminal Division
06/30/20	Cook County	Cook	Cook County Criminal Justice Resumption
06/30/20	4th Circuit	Christian Clay Clinton Effingham Fayette Jasper Marion Montgomery Shelby	Amended Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19 and Court Operations
06/30/20	7th Circuit	Sangamon	Sangamon County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
06/30/20	16th Circuit	Kane	In the Matter of COVID-19 Criminal Jury Trial Procedures
06/26/20	Cook County	Cook	More Court Proceedings to Resume July 6
06/26/20	Cook County	Cook	COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Resumption of Operations
06/26/20	10th Circuit	Marshall Peoria Putnam Stark Tazewell	July 2020 Circuit-Wide Operational Plan for the Courts, Including Courthouse Access and Trials
06/26/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Trial Continuances Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
06/10/20	16th Circuit	Kane	In the Matter of COVID-19 Criminal Jury Trial Procedures
06/03/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	DuPage County Courts to Resume Court Operations
06/26/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Trial Continuances Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
06/02/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb	Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19 and Court Operations
06/02/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb	Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19 and Family Court
06/02/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb	Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19 and Traffic Ticket Resolution Pilot Program
05/29/20	6th Circuit	Champaign	Champaign County Courthouse Procedure Modifications for COVID-19
05/29/20	7th Circuit	Sangamon	Sangamon County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus - On-Site Weddings
05/29/20	7th Circuit	Sangamon	Sangamon County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus - Facial Coverings
05/29/20	21st Circuit	Iroquois Kankakee	Temporary Suspension of Weekender, Work Release, and Periodic Imprisonment Sentences at Kankakee County Jail
05/29/20	23rd Circuit	Kendall	Administrative Order Regarding Remote Appearances
05/28/20	Cook County	Cook	COVID-19 Emergency Measures
05/28/20	21st Circuit	Iroquois Kankakee	Administrative Order Regarding Trial Continuances
05/27/20	12th Circuit	Will	Press Release: Court Operations — June 1, 2020
05/27/20	12th Circuit	Will	COVID-19: Traffic Court at the Rialto Square Theatre
05/27/20	12th Circuit	Will	Establishment of Rialto Square Theatre as Temporary Court Facility
05/27/20	16th Circuit	Kane	16th Judicial Circuit Announces Plan, Protocol to Re-Open Courts
05/27/20	16th Circuit	Kane	In the Matter of COVID-19 Requirement of Masks in All Courthouse Locations
05/27/20	16th Circuit	Kane	In the Matter of COVID-19 Temporary Procedures for Family Division Matters
05/27/20	23rd Circuit	Kendall	In the Matter of the Assignment of Judges Within Kendall County
05/26/20	1st Circuit	Jackson Johnson Massac Pope Pulaski Saline Union Williamson	Administrative Order Regarding Schedules and Continuances in the First Judicial Circuit
05/26/20	4th Circuit	Christian Clay Clinton Effingham Fayette Jasper Marion Montgomery Shelby	Amended Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19 and Court Operations
05/26/20	9th Circuit	Fulton Hancock Henderson Knox McDonough Warren	Press Release Regarding Court Operations in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic
05/26/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Trial Continuances Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
05/22/20	7th Circuit	Sangamon	Sangamon County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
05/22/20	10th Circuit	Marshall Peoria Putnam Stark Tazewell	Chief Judge announces June 2020 Circuit-Wide Operational Plan for Tenth Circuit Courts
05/22/20	10th Circuit	Marshall Peoria Putnam Stark Tazewell	June 2020 Circuit-Wide Operational Plan for the Courts, Including Courthouse Access and Trials
05/22/20	13th Circuit	Bureau Grundy LaSalle	Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Courts to Resume
05/22/20	13th Circuit	Bureau Grundy LaSalle	In re: Circuitwide COVID-19 Order Continuing Trials
05/21/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	Illinois Supreme Court Modifies Order to Allow Circuit Courts to Resume
05/21/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	Administrative Order Regarding Schedules and Proper Safety Precautions
05/20/20	15th Circuit	Carroll Jo Daviess Lee Ogle Stephenson	15th Circuit Press Release Regarding Schedules and Proper Safety Precautions to Hear Regular Cases
05/20/20	15th Circuit	Carroll Jo Daviess Lee Ogle Stephenson	Administrative Order Regarding Schedules and Proper Safety Precautions to Hear Regular Cases
05/18/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Temporary Procedures for Civil Division Cases
05/15/20	Appellate Court	1st District	The Requirement That Six Duplicates Copies of Briefs be Filed with the Court is Waived Until Further Notice
05/14/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
05/08/20	4th Circuit	Christian Clay Clinton Effingham Fayette Jasper Marion Montgomery Shelby	Amended Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19 and Court Operations
05/08/20	16th Circuit	Kane	COVID-19 Amended Emergency Measures Impacting Grand Jury
05/07/20	7th Circuit	Macoupin	Macoupin County Courthouse Shall Be Closed to the Public on May 7th & May 8th 2020
05/07/20	14th Circuit	Henry Mercer Rock Island Whiteside	In Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Precautions for Court Services and Precautions as Related to Attorney-Client Privilege
05/07/20	16th Circuit	Kane	COVID-19 Amended Temporary Procedures for Probate Matters
05/07/20	16th Circuit	Kane	COVID-19 Amended Temporary Procedures for Family Division Matters
05/07/20	16th Circuit	Kane	COVID-19 Temporary Procedures for Civil Division Matters
05/07/20	16th Circuit	Kane	COVID-19 Temporary Procedures for Felony Division Matters
05/07/20	16th Circuit	Kane	COVID-19 Temporary Procedures for Juvenile Division Matters
05/07/20	16th Circuit	Kane	COVID-19 Temporary Procedures for Misdemeanor/Traffic Matters
05/06/20	3rd Circuit	Bond Madison	Third Judicial Circuit COVID-19 Emergency /Impact on Trials - Extension
05/06/20	5th Circuit	Vermilion	Administrative Order Regarding Guardian Ad Litem Contacts
05/06/20	6th Circuit	Champaign	Updated Administrative Order Regarding Extension of Time to Pay
05/06/20	6th Circuit	Champaign DeWitt Douglas Macon Moultrie Piatt	Extension of Emergency Orders - COVID-19
05/06/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb	Administrative Orders Regarding COVID-19 and Court Operations
05/05/20	12th Circuit	Will	Extension of COVID-19 Administrative Orders and Protocols
05/05/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Amended COVID-19 Emergency Measures Administrative Order
05/01/20	Cook County	Cook	Cook County Circuit Court Amended Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19 Emergency Measures
05/01/20	7th Circuit	Macoupin	Administrative Order Regarding Operations at the Macoupin County Circuit Court
05/01/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	DuPage County Court Extends Limited Court Operations
05/01/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
05/01/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb	Dekalb County Courts to Require All Persons to Wear a Face Covering
04/30/20	6th Circuit	Champaign	Administrative Order Regarding Restricted Operations at the Champaign County Circuit Court
04/29/20	13th Circuit	Bureau Grundy LaSalle	Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Continues to Operate under Reduced Capacity and Trials Continued
04/29/20	13th Circuit	Bureau Grundy LaSalle	In re: Circuitwide COVID-19 Amended Order Continuing Trials
04/29/20	13th Circuit	Bureau Grundy LaSalle	Extension of Administrative Order 20-13
04/29/20	15th Circuit	Lee	Procedures for Remote Hearings in Civil Matters in Lee County
04/29/20	16th Circuit	Kane	Kane County Courts to Require all Persons to Wear a Face Covering
04/29/20	17th Circuit	Boone Winnebago	Court Extends Reduced Operations
04/29/20	21st Circuit	Iroquois Kankakee	Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19
04/29/20	21st Circuit	Iroquois Kankakee	Temporary Suspension of Weekender, Work Release, and Periodic Imprisonment Sentences at Kankakee County Jail
04/28/20	14th Circuit	Whiteside	Resumption of In-Person Court Proceedings
04/27/20	1st Circuit	Alexander Jackson Johnson Massac Pope Pulaski Saline Union Williamson	Administrative Order in the Matter of Court Operations in the First Judicial Circuit Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic
04/27/20	4th Circuit	Christian Clay Clinton Effingham Fayette Jasper Marion Montgomery Shelby	Amended Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19 and Court Operations
04/27/20	7th Circuit	Sangamon	Additional Sangamon County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
04/27/20	10th Circuit	Marshall Peoria Putnam Stark Tazewell	Circuit-Wide Restrictions on Trials and Access to Courthouses are Continued Through May 2020
04/27/20	11th Circuit	Ford Livingston Logan McLean Woodford	Third Supplemental Order to Administrative Order In the Matter of COVID-19
04/27/20	15th Circuit	Carroll Jo Daviess Lee Ogle Stephenson	Extension of Administrative Order 2020-8 Dated March 15, 2020 and as Amended by Administrative Order 2020-9 on April 1, 2020
04/27/20	15th Circuit	Ogle	Extension of Restriction of Access to the Ogle County Judicial Center
04/27/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	Updated Adminstrative Order Entered, and the 22nd Judicial Circuit Continues to Operate Under Emergency Procedures
04/27/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency/Impact on Trials
04/24/20	20th Circuit	Washington	Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 Virus
04/24/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb Kendall	In re the Extension of the Activation of the Emergency Preparedness Plans for the Courts in DeKalb and Kendall Counties in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
04/24/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb Kendall	In re the Protocol for Conducting Remote Proceedings
04/23/20	11th Circuit	Ford Livingston Logan McLean Woodford	Order Regarding Trials Scheduled March 25 - June 1, 2020
04/23/20	12th Circuit	Will	Administrative Order Regarding Continuance of Cases
04/23/20	12th Circuit	Will	Family Court Pre-Trial Procedure Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Corona Virus (COVID-19)
04/23/20	12th Circuit	Will	Family Court Prove-Up Procedure Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Corona Virus (COVID-19)
04/23/20	12th Circuit	Will	Extension of COVID-19 Administrative Orders and Protocols
04/23/20	12th Circuit	Will	Civil Division Temporary Procedures Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Corona Virus (COVID-19)
04/23/20	16th Circuit	Kane	In the Matter of Amending General Order 20-09 Court Operations Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Trials
04/23/20	16th Circuit	Kane	In the Matter of Amending General Order 20-07 and General Order 20-14 COVID-19 Emergency Measures Impacting Court Operations
04/22/20	ARDC		Administrative Order Regarding ARDC Hearings, Proceedings
04/20/20	Appellate Court	1st District	Administrative Order Waiving Duplicate Brief Requirements Until May, 15, 2020
04/15/20	4th Circuit	Christian Clay Clinton Effingham Fayette Jasper Marion Montgomery Shelby	Amended Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19 and Court Operations
04/15/20	6th Circuit	Champaign	Administrative Order Regarding Notices to Appear
04/15/20	14th Circuit	Rock Island	Memo and Administrative Order Regarding Protocol for Remote Hearings in Civil Cases During COVID-19 Pandemic
04/14/20	6th Circuit	Champaign	Updated Administrative Order Regarding Extension of Time to Pay
04/14/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Administrative Order Regarding Temporary Procedures for Probate Cases
04/08/20	14th Circuit	Henry Mercer Rock Island Whiteside	In the Matter of Court Operations in the 14th Judicial Circuit Pursuant To COVID-19 Pandemic and Impact on Trials and Amendment of Previous Administrative Order 20 CA-26
04/07/20	5th Circuit	Clark Coles Cumberland Edgar Vermilion	Administrative Order Continuing All Civil and Criminal Jury Trials
04/07/20	7th Circuit	Macoupin	In the Matter of Court Operations in the Seventh Judicial Circuit Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic
04/07/20	9th Circuit	Fulton Hancock Henderson Knox McDonough Warren	In the Matter of Court Operations in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic/Impact on Trials and Amendment of Previous Amended Administrative Order No. 2020-02
04/07/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	DuPage County Court Extends Limited Court Operations
04/07/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
04/07/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency/Impact on Trials
04/06/20	1st Circuit	Alexander Jackson Johnson Massac Pope Pulaski Saline Union Williamson	Administrative Order in the Matter of Court Operations in the First Judicial Circuit Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic/Impact on Trials - Amended
04/06/20	2nd Circuit	Crawford Edwards Franklin Gallatin Hamilton Hardin Jefferson Lawrence Richland Wabash Wayne White	In the Matter of Court Operations in the Second Judicial Circuit Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic and Impact on Trials and Amendment of Previous Administrative Order 2020-9
04/06/20	16th Circuit	Kane	Kane County Court Extends Scaled Back Operations
04/06/20	16th Circuit	Kane	In the Matter Of Amending General Order 20-07 COVID-19 Emergency Measures Impacting Court Operations
04/06/20	17th Circuit	Boone Winnebago	Reduced Court Operations Continue
04/06/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Amended COVID-19 Emergency Measures Administrative Order
04/06/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Amended Temporary Procedures for Family Division Cases
04/06/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Amended Temporary Procedures for Civil Division Cases
04/06/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Amended Temporary Procedures for Criminal Division Cases
04/06/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Amended Temporary Procedures for Juvenile Division Cases
04/03/20	Appellate Court	2nd District	Second District Appellate Court to Continue to Allow 14 Days for Paper Copies of Briefs
04/03/20	6th Circuit	Champaign	Administrative Order Regarding Champaign County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
04/03/20	15th Circuit	Carroll Jo Daviess Lee Ogle Stephenson	Re: In the Matter of Trial Continuances Created by COVID-19
04/03/20	21st Circuit	Iroquois Kankakee	Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19
04/03/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb Kendall	In re the Extension of the Activation of the Emergency Preparedness Plans for the Courts in DeKalb and Kendall Counties in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
04/02/20	Appellate Court	4th District	Administrative Order Suspending Oral Arguments
04/02/20	Cook County	Cook	Cook County Circuit Court In-Person Services by Appointment Only
04/02/20	Cook County	Cook	Cook County Court Orders
04/02/20	4th Circuit	Effingham	Administrative Order Regarding Warrants Issued in Relation to Civil Matters or Misdemeanor Offenses
03/13/20	4th Circuit	Shelby	In the Matter of COVID-19 Warrants, Notices to Appear, and Recognizance Bonds
04/02/20	5th Circuit	Cumberland	Cumberland County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
04/02/20	5th Circuit	Vermilion	Temporary Procedures in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Re Misdemeanor/Traffic Arrests and Service of Civil Bench Warrants - Notices to Appear/Recognizance
04/02/20	5th Circuit	Vermilion	Second Supplemental Administrative Order No. 2020-6 Re Emergency Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
04/02/20	6th Circuit	Champaign DeWitt Douglas Macon Moultrie Piatt	Extension of Emergency Orders - COVID-19
04/02/20	7th Circuit	Jersey	Jersey County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
04/02/20	13th Circuit	Bureau Grundy LaSalle	In re: Circuitwide COVID-19 Order Continuing Trials
04/02/20	15th Circuit	Ogle	Extension of Administrative Order and Extension of Restriction of Access to the Ogle County Judicial Center
04/01/20	1st Circuit	Alexander Jackson Johnson Massac Pope Pulaski Saline Union Williamson	Administrative Order in the Matter of Court Operations in the First Judicial Circuit Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic - Extension
04/01/20	5th Circuit	Coles	Coles County Courthouse Procedures During COVID-19
04/01/20	10th Circuit	Marshall Peoria Putnam Stark Tazewell	Circuit-Wide Restrictions on Access to Courthouses Continued
04/01/20	15th Circuit	Carroll Jo Daviess Lee Ogle Stephenson	Extension of Administrative Order 2020-8 Dated March 15, 2020
04/01/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Amended Temporary Bond Court Procedures
03/31/20	3rd Circuit	Bond Madison	Third Judicial Circuit Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19 Emergency
03/31/20	6th Circuit	Douglas	Administrative Order - COVID-19 - Reduction in Operations
03/31/20	7th Circuit	Macoupin	Memorandum to Courthouse Employees Regarding Response to COVID-19 Virus
03/31/20	11th Circuit	Ford Livingston Logan McLean Woodford	Extension of Administrative Order 2020-06 and 2020-07 Through April 30, 2020 and Additional Courthouse Precautions
03/31/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	In re the Matter of Procedures in the Family Division for Hearings on a Summary Basis Pursuant to the Continuity of Operations COVID-19 Protocols
03/31/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	In re the Matter of Procedures in the Family Division for Entry of Final Judgments and Parenting Allocation Judgments Pursuant to the Continuity of Operations COVID-19 Protocols
03/31/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	In re the Matter of Procedures in the Family Division for Pre-Trial Settlement Conferences Pursuant to the Continuity of Operations COVID-19 Protocols
03/30/20	Cook County	Cook	Chief Judge Evans extends postponement of most court cases, orders video appearances systemwide
03/30/20	Cook County	Cook	Amended Administrative Order - COVID-19 Emergency Measures
03/30/20	Appellate Court	3rd District	Notice from the Third District Appellate Court Clerk
03/30/20	Appellate Court	4th District	Notice from the Fourth District Appellate Court Clerk
03/30/20	2nd Circuit	Crawford	Crawford County Courthouse Closed Due to COVID-19 Exposure
03/30/20	3rd Circuit	Bond Madison	Third Judicial Circuit Response to COVID-19 Emergency/Impact on Trials - Extension
03/30/20	4th Circuit	Christian Clay Clinton Effingham Fayette Jasper Marion Montgomery Shelby	Amended Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19 and Court Operations
03/27/20	21st Circuit	Iroquois	Temporary Order Regarding Notification of Court Dates
03/27/20	21st Circuit	Iroquois	COVID-19 Adult Criminal Proceedings, Juvenile Court Proceedings and General Orders
03/27/20	21st Circuit	Kankakee	Temporary Order Regarding Notification of Court Dates
03/27/20	21st Circuit	Kankakee	COVID-19 Adult Criminal Proceedings, Juvenile Court Proceedings and General Orders
03/27/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb	In the Matter of the Continuance of Trials Under the Exigent Circumstances due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
03/26/20	5th Circuit	Vermilion	Temporary Procedures in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Re Misdemeanor/Traffic Arrests and Service of Civil Bench Warrants - Notices to Appear/Recognizance
03/26/20	5th Circuit	Vermilion	Supplemental Administrative Order Re Emergency Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
03/26/20	5th Circuit	Edgar	Temporary Order - COVID-19 - Notice to Appear
03/26/20	6th Circuit	Champaign DeWitt Douglas Macon Moultrie Piatt	Emergency Order - COVID-19
03/26/20	10th Circuit	Marshall Peoria Putnam Stark Tazewell	10th Circuit Suspends All Jury Trials Through April 2020
03/26/20	10th Circuit	Marshall Peoria Putnam Stark Tazewell	Circuit-Wide COVID-19 Order Suspending Trials
03/26/20	16th Circuit	Kane	In the Matter of Court Operations Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic - Impact on Trials
03/26/20	16th Circuit	Kane	In the Matter of COVID-19 - Civil, Misdemeanor, and Traffic Warrants, Writs, and Notice to Appear
03/26/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	Chief Judge Announces Limited Courthouse Hours
03/26/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Limited Hours and Entry into the Courthouse Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
03/26/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Amended-COVID-19 Emergency Measures
03/26/20	19th Circuit	Lake	COVID-19 Emergency Measures Administrative Order
03/26/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Temporary Procedures for Family Division Cases
03/26/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Temporary Procedures for Civil Division Cases
03/26/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Temporary Procedures for Criminal Division Cases
03/26/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Temporary Procedures for Juvenile Division Cases
03/26/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Temporary Procedures for Bond Court
03/26/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Temporary Procedures for Mortgage Foreclosure Program
03/26/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Temporary Procedures for Opening or Closing Uncontested Decedent's Estates Without Formal Court Appearance
03/26/20	20th Circuit	Monroe	In re: Continuing all Civil and Criminal Cases
03/26/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	Temporary Amendment of Judicial Assignments and Court Calls
03/26/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	Temporary Order - COVID-19 Notices to Appear on Misdemeanor Cases
03/25/20	5th Circuit	Vermilion	Temporary Procedures Re Misdemeanor/Traffic Arrests - Notice To Appear In Response To COVID-19 Pandemic
03/25/20	7th Circuit	Macoupin	In re: Suspension of Jury Trials
03/25/20	7th Circuit	Macoupin	Macoupin County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/25/20	7th Circuit	Sangamon	Additional Sangamon County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/25/20	9th Circuit	Fulton Hancock Henderson Knox McDonough Warren	In the Matter of Court Operations in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic/Impact on Trials
03/25/20	15th Circuit	Carroll Jo Daviess Lee Ogle Stephenson	In the Matter Of Trial Continuances Created By COVID-19
03/25/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Misdemeanor and Traffic Warrants Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
03/25/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Bond Court Procedures Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
03/25/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Contested Hearings in Domestic Relations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
03/25/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb	Procedures Regarding Family Court Cases in Dekalb County
03/25/20	ARDC		ARDC Offices Closed, Operations Continue Remotely
03/24/20	5th Circuit	Coles	COVID 19 - Notice to Appear
03/24/20	6th Circuit	Champaign	Administrative Order - Extension of Time to Pay Fines, Fees, etc.
03/24/20	10th Circuit	Marshall	In re: Restrictions on Visitors to the Marshall County Courthouse
03/24/20	10th Circuit	Putnam	In re: Restrictions on Visitors to the Putnam County Courthouse
03/24/20	17th Circuit	Boone Winnebago	Circuit Court Cancels Trials in Winnebago and Boone Counties
03/24/20	17th Circuit	Boone Winnebago	Administrative Order - Suspension of Trials Prior to May 18, 2020
03/24/20	20th Circuit	Monroe Perry Randolph St. Clair Washington	In re: Continuing all Civil and Criminal Jury Trials
03/24/20	20th Circuit	St. Clair	St. Clair County Court Response to COVID-19 Emergency/Impact on Court Proceedings
03/23/20	1st Circuit	Alexander Jackson Johnson Massac Pope Pulaski Saline Union Williamson	In the Matter of Court Operations in the First Judicial Circuit Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic/Impact on Trials
03/23/20	3rd Circuit	Bond Madison	Third Judicial Circuit Response to COVID-19 Emergency /Impact on Trials
03/23/20	4th Circuit	Christian Clay Clinton Effingham Fayette Jasper Marion Montgomery Shelby	Amended Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19
03/23/20	5th Circuit	Edgar	Temporary Order - COVID-19 - Notice to Appear
03/23/20	6th Circuit	Champaign DeWitt Douglas Macon Moultrie Piatt	Emergency Order - COVID-19
03/23/20	7th Circuit	Greene Jersey Macoupin Morgan Sangamon Scott	In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency/Impact on Trials
03/23/20	7th Circuit	Sangamon	Additional Sangamon County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/23/20	10th Circuit	Stark	Order Restricting Public Access to the Stark County Courthouse
03/23/20	13th Circuit	Bureau Grundy LaSalle	Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/23/20	13th Circuit	Bureau Grundy LaSalle	Temporary Order - COVID-19 Notice to Appear on Misdemeanor Cases
03/23/20	15th Circuit	Ogle	Chief Judge Further Restricts Public Access to Ogle County Judicial Center
03/23/20	15th Circuit	Lee	Administrative Order Regarding Warrants for Arrest
03/23/20	15th Circuit	Lee	Administrative Order Regarding Courthouse Visitors
03/23/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Trial Continuances Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
03/23/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Procedure in Domestic Relations for Prove-Ups Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
03/23/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	In the Matter of Procedure in Domestic Relations for Pre-Trial Conferences Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
03/22/20	2nd Circuit	Crawford Edwards Franklin Gallatin Hamilton Hardin Jefferson Lawrence Richland Wabash Wayne White	Administrative Order In the Matter of Court Operations in the Second Judicial Circuit Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic and Impact on Trials
03/22/20	5th Circuit	Clark	Clark County Court Operations Effective March 23, 2020 Until Further Order
03/21/20	5th Circuit	Coles	Coles County Court Operations Effective March 23, 2020 Until Further Order
03/21/20	7th Circuit	Sangamon	Additional Sangamon County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/20/20	3rd Circuit	Bond Madison	COVID-19 Administrative Order
03/20/20	5th Circuit	Clark Coles Cumberland Edgar Vermilion	Administrative Order Continuing All Civil and Criminal Jury Trials
03/20/20	10th Circuit	Peoria	Chief Judge Further Restricts Public Access to Peoria Courthouse
03/20/20	10th Circuit	Tazewell	Presiding Judge Further Restricts Public Access to Tazewell Courthouse
03/20/20	10th Circuit	Tazewell	Administrative Order on Further Restrictions Public Access to Tazewell Courthouse
03/19/20	Cook County	Cook	Cook County Court Orders
03/19/20	11th Circuit	Ford Livingston Logan McLean Woodford	Supplemental Order to Administrative Order In the Matter of COVID-19
03/19/20	17th Circuit	Winnebago	Winnebago County Court Offering Online Option for Emergency Protection Orders
03/18/20	Appellate Court	1st District	First District Appellate Court to Remain Open
03/18/20	Appellate Court	2nd District	Second District Appellate Court to Allow 14 Days for Paper Copies of Briefs
03/18/20	Cook County	Cook	Cook County Court Orders
03/18/20	1st Circuit	Alexander Jackson Johnson Massac Pope Pulaski Saline Union Williamson	Administrative Order In the Matter of Court Operations in the First Judicial Circuit Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic
03/18/20	5th Circuit	Vermilion	Press Release Regarding Court Operations and the COVID-19 Pandemic
03/18/20	7th Circuit	Sangamon	Additional Sangamon County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/17/20	Appellate Court	2nd District	Second District Appellate Court to Remain Open, Deadlines to Remain in Effect
03/17/20	Appellate Court	4th District	Fourth District Appellate Court Remain Opens
03/17/20	Appellate Court	5th District	Fifth District Appellate Court to Remain Open With Precautions and Restrictions
03/17/20	Appellate Court	5th District	Fifth District Temorarily Suspends Administrative Order Requiring Paper Copies of Briefs
03/17/20	3rd Circuit	Bond Madison	COVID-19 Administrative Order
03/17/20	5th Circuit	Clark	Courthouse Procedure for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/17/20	5th Circuit	Edgar	Courthouse Procedure for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/17/20	5th Circuit	Vermilion	Administrative Order Regarding Court Operations and the COVID-19 Pandemic
03/17/20	7th Circuit	Greene	Greene County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/17/20	7th Circuit	Morgan	COVID-19 Press Release
03/17/20	8th Circuit	Adams Brown Calhoun Cass Mason Menard Pike Schuyler	COVID-19 Press Release
03/17/20	8th Circuit	Adams Brown Calhoun Cass Mason Menard Pike Schuyler	The Eighth Circuit Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/17/20	8th Circuit	Adams Brown Calhoun Cass Mason Menard Pike Schuyler	Amended Administrative Order 20-CA-5
03/17/20	8th Circuit	Adams Brown Calhoun Cass Mason Menard Pike Schuyler	Administrative Order 20-CA-6
03/17/20	8th Circuit	Adams Brown Calhoun Cass Mason Menard Pike Schuyler	Administrative Order 20-CA-7
03/17/20	10th Circuit	Marshall Peoria Putnam Stark Tazewell	Circuit-Wide Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19
03/17/20	12th Circuit	Will	COVID-19: Updated Court Operations
03/17/20	12th Circuit	Will	COVID-19 Administrative Order
03/17/20	17th Circuit	Boone Winnebago	Court Formalizes Activity Reduction Measures Through April 20, 2020
03/17/20	17th Circuit	Boone Winnebago	COVID-19 Procedures Civil Division and Family Division
03/17/20	17th Circuit	Boone Winnebago	COVID-19 Procedures Criminal Division and Juvenile Division
03/17/20	18th Circuit	DuPage	Limited Court Operations in Response to COVID-19
03/17/20	20th Circuit	Washington	Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 Virus
03/17/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb Kendall	In re the Activation of the Emergency Preparedness Plans for the Courts in DeKalb and Kendall Counties in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
03/16/20	Cook County	Cook	Clerk Dorothy Brown Urges Limited In-Person Contact at Clerk's Office During Coronavirus Health Concerns, Promotes Use of Remote Access Services
03/16/20	2nd Circuit	Crawford Edwards Franklin Gallatin Hamilton Hardin Jefferson Lawrence Richland Wabash Wayne White	Second Judicial Circuit of Illinois Courts Remain Open with Precautions Concerning COVID-19
03/16/20	2nd Circuit	Crawford Edwards Franklin Gallatin Hamilton Hardin Jefferson Lawrence Richland Wabash Wayne White	Administrative Order In the Matter of Court Operations in the Second Judicial Circuit Pursuant to COVID-19 Pandemic
03/16/20	3rd Circuit	Bond Madison	Third Circuit Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/16/20	4th Circuit	Christian Clay Clinton Effingham Fayette Jasper Marion Montgomery Shelby	Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19
03/16/20	5th Circuit	Coles	Coles County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/16/20	5th Circuit	Cumberland	Cumberland County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/16/20	6th Circuit	Champaign	Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19
03/16/20	6th Circuit	Macon	Macon County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/16/20	6th Circuit	Moultrie Piatt	COVID-19 Press Release
03/16/20	6th Circuit	Moultrie	COVID-19 Press Release
03/16/20	7th Circuit	Jersey	Court Remains Open, Takes Precautions
03/16/20	7th Circuit	Macoupin	Macoupin County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/16/20	7th Circuit	Scott	Scott County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/16/20	7th Circuit	Sangamon	Sangamon County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/16/20	8th Circuit	Adams Brown Calhoun Cass Mason Menard Pike Schuyler	Eighth Circuit Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/16/20	9th Circuit	Fulton Hancock Henderson Knox McDonough Warren	Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois Courts Remains Open with Precautions Concerning COVID-19
03/16/20	10th Circuit	Stark	Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19
03/16/20	10th Circuit	Tazewell	Courthouse Remains Open, Precautions Taken, Court Restrictions in Place
03/16/20	10th Circuit	Tazewell	Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19
03/16/20	11th Circuit	Ford Livingston Logan McLean Woodford	Administrative Order In the Matter of COVID-19
03/16/20	13th Circuit	Bureau Grundy LaSalle	Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/16/20	15th Circuit	Carroll Jo Daviess Lee Ogle Stephenson	COVID-19 Press Release
03/16/20	16th Circuit	Kane	Kane County Court Operations Scaled Back Due to Coronavirus
03/16/20	16th Circuit	Kane	General Order In the Matter of COVID-19 Emergency Measures Impacting Court Operations
03/16/20	17th Circuit	Boone Winnebago	Court Pauses Civil & Family Cases, Plans to Reduce Criminal & Juvenile Cases
03/16/20	18th Circuit	Dupage	Court Operations in Response to COVID-19
03/16/20	18th Circuit	Dupage	In the Matter of Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 Virus - Amended 03/18/20
03/16/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19
03/16/20	20th Circuit	St. Clair	All Civil Matters are Continued Until no Earlier Than April 10, 2020.
03/16/20	21st Circuit	Iroquois Kankakee	Administrative Order Regarding COVID-19
03/16/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	The 22nd Judicial Circuit's Updated Response to COVID-19
03/16/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb Kendall	Kendall and DeKalb Counties Take Additional Action in Response to COVID-19
03/15/20	17th Circuit	Boone Winnebago	Circuit Court Announces Status of Court for Monday, March 16th
03/15/20	7th Circuit	Sanagamon County	Sangamon County Courthouse Procedures for COVID-19 Coronavirus
03/13/20	Cook County	Cook	Chief Judge Evans Postpones Most Cases for 30 Days Due to Coronavirus
03/13/20	15th Circuit	Carroll Jo Daviess Lee Ogle Stephenson	COVID-19 Press Release
03/13/20	4th Circuit	Christian	COVID-19 Press Release
03/13/20	4th Circuit	Clay	COVID-19 Press Release
03/13/20	4th Circuit	Clinton	COVID-19 Press Release
03/13/20	4th Circuit	Effingham	COVID-19 Press Release
03/13/20	4th Circuit	Fayette	COVID-19 Press Release
03/13/20	4th Circuit	Jasper	COVID-19 Press Release
03/13/20	4th Circuit	Marion	COVID-19 Press Release
03/13/20	4th Circuit	Montgomery	COVID-19 Press Release
03/13/20	4th Circuit	Shelby	COVID-19 Press Release
03/13/20	23rd Circuit	DeKalb Kendall	Courts Remain Open
03/13/20	14th Circuit	Henry Mercer Rock Island Whiteside	Courthouses Remain Open, Precautions Being Taken in Response to COVID-19
03/13/20	3rd Circuit	Bond Madison	Court Remains Open With Precautions
03/13/20	20th Circuit	St. Clair	Court Remains Open, Takes Precautions
03/13/20	Kane County		Kane Branch Courts to Close March 16 Due to COVID-19
03/13/20	16th Circuit	Kane	Health Precautions by Kane County Courts
03/13/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	Courthouse Remains Open, Continues to Evaluate the Current COIVD-19 Situation, and Implements Precautions
03/13/20	22nd Circuit	McHenry	22nd Judicial Circuit – Administrative Order
03/13/20	10th Circuit	Peoria	Courthouse Remains Open, Precautions Taken, Court Restrictions in Place
03/13/20	10th Circuit	Peoria	10th Judicial Circuit – Administrative Order
03/12/20	19th Circuit	Lake	Court Operations and COVID-19
03/12/20	17th Circuit	Boone Winnebago	Court Remains Open, Takes Precautions
03/12/20	Cook County	Cook	Cook County Court Operations and the Coronavirus
03/11/20	18th Circuit	Dupage	DuPage County Courthouse Precautions in Response to COVID-19
03/11/20	ARDC		Due to a Coronavirus incident at Prudential Plaza, the ARDC's Chicago Office will be closed on Wednesday 3/11/2020. The ARDC's Springfield office will remain open.