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MSBA provides answers to your questions regarding law firm operations and work travel, based on our communications with Governor Hogan’s Chief Legal Counsel.

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Your Questions Answered: Update on Interpretive Guidance and March 30 Executive Order
MSBA provides answers to your questions regarding law firm operations and work travel, based on our communications with Governor Hogan’s Chief Legal Counsel.
Maryland Governor’s COVID-19 Updates
Executive Orders from Maryland Governor (select)
- Remote Witnessing and Electronic Signing (2020.04.10)
- Evictions and Mortgages (2020.04.03)
- Stay-at-Home Executive Order (2020.03.30)
- Office of Legal Counsel Interpretive Guidance Regarding Stay-at-Home Executive Order (2020.03.30)
- Essential Business Executive Order (2020.03.23)
- Office of Legal Counsel Interpretive Guidance Regarding Essential Businesses (2020.03.23): Guidance from OLC suggests that lawyers and law firms are deemed essential.
- Office of Legal Counsel Interpretive Guidance Regarding Additional Businesses (2020.03.23)
Waiver of In-Person Notarization of Documents
On March 30, Governor Hogan issued an Executive Order waiving the requirement of in-person notarization for documents. Click here for details and for instructions on how to perform remote notarizations.
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The Paycheck Protection Program prioritizes millions of Americans employed by small businesses by authorizing up to $349 billion toward job retention and certain other expenses.
Title-by-Title Summary of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy, 2020.03.25)
Secretary DeVos Suspends Federal Student Loan Payments, Waives Interest During National Emergency (U.S. Department of Education)
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