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COVID-19 News & Announcements
- 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