Emergency Shutdown Aftermath

 At 12:30 pm on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, a Court Officer notified me that Lowell Justice Center (home of the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds) would close that day at 2 pm and would remain closed until Thursday, November 19, 2020, at 8:30 am. The reason? A person working inside the building on Monday had tested positive for Covid-19.

Here's what the Trial Court issued on its MACourtClosings Twitter account:

The Lowell Justice Center is closed temporarily for disinfecting and will open on Thursday, Nov. 19. A Dept. of Mental Health clinician, who was at the courthouse on 11/16 & spent time in District Court & the lock-up, has tested positive for COVID-19.

At the Registry, we recorded all the documents that had arrived by mail that day, put a notice on our website, and changed the audio greeting on our phone system to one that explained when and why we were closed. At 2 pm we departed. 

Despite the office being closed to the public, we were able to continue processing electronic recordings on Tuesday afternoon and all day Wednesday.

This morning, the building reopened as usual and normal operations resumed.