COVID-19 News & Announcements

Face masks are not required to enter a courthouse or other Judicial Branch facility. Please be advised certain areas of a courthouse, such as small conference rooms, may require masking. Please see PPMO-SJC-1.

• 4/15/2022: Judicial Branch Expanding ShareFile Pilot Program to Aroostook, Hancock, and Washington County Courts
• 3/14/2022: Maine Judicial Branch Removes Mask Requirement for Most Courthouse Areas
• 1/10/2022: Judicial Branch Reminds Visitors to Check the "Active Alerts" Link on Its Website Before Traveling to a Courthouse
• 10/1/2021: Maine Judicial Branch Announces Expansion of Remote Court Proceedings
• 8/17/2021: Maine Judicial Branch Reinstates Face Mask Requirement for All Courthouse Visitors
• 7/13/2021: Maine Trial Courts Rescind Previously Issued Pandemic Management Order
• 7/1/2021: Maine Judicial Branch Ends Face Mask Requirement for Fully Vaccinated Courthouse Visitors
• 6/1/2021: Maine Judicial Branch rescinds Phased Management Plan and issues new Post-Pandemic Orders
• 5/27/2021: Maine Judicial Branch limits email case filing as pandemic restrictions begin to ease
• 5/3/2021: Maine Judicial Branch announces invitation for input in post-COVID planning
• 5/3/2021: Temperature checks no longer required effective May 17, 2021
• 2/22/2021: Revised screening procedures for visitors who traveled out of state
• 1/12/2021: Maine Judicial Branch ensures social distancing by revising court procedures for arraignments
• 1/12/2021: Biddeford District Court and York County Superior Court are closed today due to COVID-19 exposure
• 12/22/2020: Maine Judicial Branch adds temperature checks to COVID-19 courthouse safety screenings; extends the date for COVID-19 FED procedures to March 31, 2021
• 12/21/2020: Courthouse public hours reduced in response to the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency
• 12/15/2020: Judicial Branch issues new and revised Pandemic Management Orders, modifications to the Rules of Electronic Court Systems and accompanying Administrative Order
• 12/14/2020: Oxford County courthouse closed today due to COVID-19 exposure
• 11/24/2020: Notice of Opportunity for Comment on proposed revisions to Pandemic Management Order PMO-SJC-8
• 11/24/2020: Notice of Opportunity for Comment on proposed revisions to Pandemic Management Orders PMO-SJC-3 and PMO-SJC-3A
• 11/23/2020: Capital Judicial Center closed Nov. 24th and Nov. 25th
• 11/3/2020: Supreme Judicial Court issues a revised Phased Management Plan, two Pandemic Management Orders, and a statement from Acting Chief Justice Mead
• 10/8/2020: Supreme Judicial Court issues revision to PMO-SJC-1
• 9/28/2020: Supreme Judicial Court issues revision to PMO-SJC-3
• 9/23/2020: Judicial Branch announces new and revised Pandemic Management Orders
• 9/4/2020: Supreme Judicial Court issues revision to PMO-SJC-7
• 9/3/2020: Supreme Judicial Court issues replacement to PMO-SJC-3
• 8/28/2020: Revision to COVID-19 Phased Management Plan released
• 8/28/2020: Rumford District Court closed due to possible COVID-19 exposure
• 8/19/2020: Millinocket District Court closed Wednesday, August 19
• 8/13/2020: Supreme Judicial Court issues statement regarding Maine Bar Exam