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Last Post 17 Aug 2022 01:38 PM by  Andrew Patrick Schaffer
R-22-0027 Petition to Amend Eviction Rules 7, 11, and Appendix A , and add Rule 20
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Marretta Mathes
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22 Jun 2022 06:55 PM
    Filed on behalf of:
    David K. Byers
    Administrative Director
    Administrative Office of the Courts
    1501 W. Washington, Suite 411
    Phoenix, AZ 85007-3327
    Phone: (602) 452-3301
    [email protected]

    Amends Eviction Rules 7, 11, and Appendix A (Residential Eviction Information Sheet), and adds a new Rule 20, to conform to statutory changes enacted by HB2484 and HB2485.

    Filed: June 22, 2022

    To implement a recent statute, would amend Rules 7 and 11 of the Rules of Procedure for Eviction Actions to bar courts from charging a fee for filing an answer to a complaint for forcible entry or detainer, and would adopt a new Rule 20 requiring courts to seal records pertaining to an eviction action if the defendant wins, the case is dismissed, or the parties stipulate to setting aside the eviction and sealing the records.

    Comments due on or before October 3, 2022,
    A reply by the Petitioner is due on or before October 17, 2022
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    Andrew Patrick Schaffer
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    17 Aug 2022 01:38 PM
    Pursuant to Rule 28 of the Rules of the Supreme Court, Community Legal Services (“CLS”), DNA People’s Legal Services (“DNA”), Southern Arizona Legal Aid (“SALA”), and the William E. Morris Institute for Justice (“MIJ”) submit the attached comments in support of the Petition to Amend Rules 7, 11, and Appendix A, and Add Rule 20 to the Rules of Procedure for Eviction Actions (“RPEA”).

    Respectfully submitted this 17th day of August 2022.

    ANDREW P. SCHAFFER, AZ Bar. No. 037352
    BRENDA MUÑOZ FURNISH, AZ Bar. No. 027280
    MICHELLE J. SIMPSON, AZ Bar. No. 020199
    WILLIAM E. MORRIS INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE
    3707 North Seventh Street, Suite 300
    Phoenix, Arizona 85014-5095
    (602) 252-3432
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
    [email protected]

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