S.B. No. 297 Summary

• Courts shall not issue writs of execution for residential or commercial tenant evictions during the COVID-19 state of emergency declared March 9, 2020, except for tenants subject to protection orders or convicted of domestic violence or stalking crimes against the plaintiff or plaintiff's household members.

• Plaintiffs filing eviction complaints before or during the emergency who receive writs after the emergency ends are not entitled to collect unpaid rent that accumulated during the emergency period.

• Courts shall refuse to accept foreclosure complaints, stay all pending foreclosure actions, refuse execution writs on foreclosure judgments, and stay all judicial sales and private sales during the state of emergency.

• All statutes of limitation and deadlines related to foreclosure actions, judicial sales, redemption rights, and sale confirmations are tolled for the duration of the state of emergency.

• After the emergency ends, any eviction or foreclosure proceedings initiated due to mortgage default or rent non-payment during the emergency and for sixty days after shall be stayed and referred to court-ordered mediation at no cost to the parties.