JIS Updates and Information Blog

The following updates will be applied to the Jury application and will be available for use beginning on Monday, September 15, 2025.

• Updates made to the Personal History Questionnaire and the Qualification Questionnaire: 
  • Forms will now only print one file in the Output Q instead of one per juror
  • The juror name field/box has been updated to print only the middle initial instead of a full middle name, and print the suffix if one exists
  • Updates to provide better alignment within a window envelope
• Updates made to the Personal History Qualification Questionnaire:
  
  • Updated to print in the order requested, e.g. Name or System Number
  • Can now be printed independently of the Qualification Questionnaire, if desired using either the Reprint or Juror List Request option. In addition, will print simplex instead duplex.
  •  Juror Number above barcode has been updated to accommodate 7 characters 

Thank you to all who attended the Lunch and Learn demonstrating the improved functionality for Multi-ORI Management.  We hope it was helpful!  If you weren't able to attend, please select Simplifying LEIN Access:  Multi-ORI Management Under a Single ID to view the recorded session. 

And... check it out!  Select the new knowledge articles below for detailed instruction:

• Add LEIN and SOS User Authorization, including Additional ORI Set up
• Modify LEIN and SOS User Authorization, including changing Additional ORI Set up
• Delete LEIN and SOS User Authorization, including deleting Additional ORI Set up

MiCOURT Reminders Updates

We're excited to announce an important update to the Reminders application designed to improve timely compliance with court dates and payment deadlines. Starting immediately, subscribers will receive multiple reminders ahead of their scheduled hearings or payment due dates.

• For hearings, reminders will be sent 7, 3, and 1 day(s) before the scheduled date.

• For payments, reminders will be sent 14, 7, and 3 days before the payment is due. This change only applies to payment due dates in DCS at this time.

These incremental notifications increase in urgency, emphasizing the importance of appearing as scheduled or making timely payments. For all reminders, actual calendar days are counted when determining when to trigger the message. This is a change from the previous method when weekend days were not counted.

This enhancement is a direct response to user feedback and a review of best practices in other states, and reflects our ongoing commitment to making the tool as effective as possible. Additional improvements to Reminders including linking with party contact data in DCS and TCS are planned for 2026.

Software updates will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) and will be available for use on Monday, September 8, 2025.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – Sept 8, 2025 to view details.

Updates In Brief:

• Updated/Inactivated Event Types, Event Type Categories & Descriptions
• New/Updated Reports

This release update impacts those courts who are using the ePAY website for the search and payment of District Traffic/Criminal cases. Software updates will be applied to the MiCOURT DCS ePAY application Thursday, September 4, 2025. The ePAY website will not be available for a short period of time during this update beginning at 4:30PM. Please review and distribute this information to court staff.

ePAY Website Updates – Partial Payments Accepted for Civil Infractions

• The ePAY website will now accept partial payments for pending and disposed civil infractions.
  • This is in addition to the already existing ability accepting partial payments for disposed misdemeanors.
  • Any case which is in a warrant status will not be returned with any search results (no change).  
  • Any case or charge in a non-public status will not be returned in any search results (no change).
• Once a civil infraction case(s) is searched for, returned and added to the payment Cart by the customer, the Amount To Be Paid field allows the customer to pay the balance in full or modify the amount displayed to a partial payment amount.
• Upon a “Payment Successful” response, the Amount To Be Paid field changes to Amount Paid.

DCS Application Updates Upon Receipting Civil Infraction Payments

• Partial or full payment accepted via ePAY for a pending (PEND) civil infraction result in the following.
• Web Cash program entering the plea code 09 (Admit Responsibility) and disposition code 23 (Judgment Rendered) when generating the Web Register (W1) receipt.
  • If the balance due is paid in full, the case Status changes to closed (CLSD).
    • REMINDER: Any future court dates are automatically removed from the calendar when a case is closed.
  • If a partial payment is made and a balance due remains, the case Status changes to a disposed (DISP) status and remains open.
    • The last due/court date is not changed when the payment is processed. Any future notice or late penalty generation (e.g. 14 Day Notice, Suspension, etc.) is based on the last due/court date for the charge.
  • Partial payment accepted for a disposed (DISP) civil infraction and there remains a balance due after the payment will result in the case Status remaining DISP.
  • Payment in full for a remaining balance on a disposed (DISP) civil infraction will result in the case Status changing to closed (CLSD).
    • REMINDER: Any future court dates are automatically removed from the calendar when a case is closed.

Reminder – Web File Inquiry and Update

• Review the Web Exception Records daily for transactions which were accepted for payment via ePAY but did not process through the web register as a receipt. Once the reason is identified for the exception and the case updated in the case management system by the court, use 1=Resubmit to resubmit the payment for processing.
• JIS suggests the court reconcile payment records in your CEPAS/PayPoint account with the DCS Web Register daily.

LEIN/TACs and court clerks are encouraged to please register for the Lunch and Learn at 11:30 AM on Wednesday, August 27th, 2025 to learn more about authority to access multiple ORIs and how to select a different ORI for LEIN transactions.

Simplifying LEIN Access: Multi-ORI Management Under a Single ID
Lunch and Learn Registration

As of 8/25/2025, system changes will allow a single user, logged in with their OneCourtID, to access the ORIs for multiple court locations.  

• On the LEIN & SOS User Authorization screen, a TAC/Authorized user will have the ability to select 6=Additional ORIs to access and add additional ORI records using the LEIN User Additional ORIs screen.
• Clerks entering LEIN transactions will have the ability to F4=Prompt to select an available ORI for another court. 

This release update impacts those courts who are using the ePAY website for the search and payment of District Traffic/Criminal cases. Software updates will be applied to the MiCOURT DCS ePAY application Thursday, September 4, 2025. The ePAY website will not be available for a short period of time during this update beginning at 4:30PM. Please review and distribute this information to court staff.

ePAY Website Updates – Partial Payments Accepted for Civil Infractions

• The ePAY website will now accept partial payments for pending and disposed civil infractions.
  • This is in addition to the already existing ability accepting partial payments for disposed misdemeanors.
  • Any case which is in a warrant status will not be returned with any search results (no change).  
  • Any case or charge in a non-public status will not be returned in any search results (no change).
• Once a civil infraction case(s) is searched for, returned and added to the payment Cart by the customer, the Amount To Be Paid field allows the customer to pay the balance in full or modify the amount displayed to a partial payment amount.
• Upon a “Payment Successful” response, the Amount To Be Paid field changes to Amount Paid.

DCS Application Updates Upon Receipting Civil Infraction Payments

• Partial or full payment accepted via ePAY for a pending (PEND) civil infraction result in the following.
• Web Cash program entering the plea code 09 (Admit Responsibility) and disposition code 23 (Judgment Rendered) when generating the Web Register (W1) receipt.
  • If the balance due is paid in full, the case Status changes to closed (CLSD).
    • REMINDER: Any future court dates are automatically removed from the calendar when a case is closed.
  • If a partial payment is made and a balance due remains, the case Status changes to a disposed (DISP) status and remains open.
    • The last due/court date is not changed when the payment is processed. Any future notice or late penalty generation (e.g. 14 Day Notice, Suspension, etc.) is based on the last due/court date for the charge.
  • Partial payment accepted for a disposed (DISP) civil infraction and there remains a balance due after the payment will result in the case Status remaining DISP.
  • Payment in full for a remaining balance on a disposed (DISP) civil infraction will result in the case Status changing to closed (CLSD).
    • REMINDER: Any future court dates are automatically removed from the calendar when a case is closed.

Reminder – Web File Inquiry and Update

• Review the Web Exception Records daily for transactions which were accepted for payment via ePAY but did not process through the web register as a receipt. Once the reason is identified for the exception and the case updated in the case management system by the court, use 1=Resubmit to resubmit the payment for processing.
• JIS suggests the court reconcile payment records in your CEPAS/PayPoint account with the DCS Web Register daily.

As of 8/25/2025, system changes will allow a single user, logged in with their OneCourtID, to access the ORIs for multiple court locations.  

• On the LEIN & SOS User Authorization screen, a TAC/Authorized user will have the ability to select 6=Additional ORIs to access and add additional ORI records using the LEIN User Additional ORIs screen.
• Clerks entering LEIN transactions will have the ability to F4=Prompt to select an available ORI for another court. 

LEIN/TACs and court clerks are encouraged to please register for the Lunch and Learn at 11:30 AM on Wednesday, August 27th, 2025 to learn more about authority to access multiple ORIs and how to select a different ORI for LEIN transactions.

Simplifying LEIN Access: Multi-ORI Management Under a Single ID
Lunch and Learn Registration

An upgrade to the WebTCS/DCS operating platform is scheduled for Tuesday, August 12 beginning at 6:00 PM, EDT. All users should complete their work and log out prior to 6:00 Eastern/5:00 Central. The system will be available again the following morning. Additional details about changes and improvements included in the release will be provided in the application on Wednesday, August 13.

If you are experiencing unusual screen displays or unexpected behavior following this release, we recommend clearing your cache and reloading your WebTCS/DCS screen.  Instructions for Clearing Cache in Chrome and Clearing Cache in Edge can be found on the JIS Support Center.    

The initial post for TCS/WebTCS Updates - July 21, 2025 had the incorrect event code of CIS listed;  the correct code is CIC.  The corrected release notes can be found at the link below:

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – July 21, 2025 to view details.

Correction Detail:

• CIC (CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION)

Software updates will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) and will be available for use on Monday, July 21, 2025.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – July 21, 2025 to view details.

Updates In Brief:

• Updated Forms
• Updated Event types and Event Type Categories
• Updated system option for when filing Wills and Codicils

Following clarification from SCAO, we have updated the set aside processing rules to remove the exclusion for OD case types. These cases will now be treated the same as all others, with set aside eligibility based solely on the PACC/charge code, not the case type. This correction will ensure charges previously excluded due to the OD case type are now properly evaluated. You may notice a larger than usual number of set asides on the day this exclusion is removed.

Software updates will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) and will be available for use on Monday, June 30, 2025.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – June 30, 2025 to view details.

Updates In Brief

• Caseload Report updated
• Event Types added
• Offense Codes added
• Case Type Categories updated

Software updates will be applied to the District Court System (DCS/WebDCS) application and available for use beginning on Monday, June 30, 2025.

Please review and distribute this information to court staff.

Click DCS/WebDCS Updates - June 30, 2025 for details.

Updates In Brief

• Receipts now print with case type.
• Updates to various screens.
• Form updates and corrections.

To prepare for future development work and to align with MiFILE, software updates regarding party types will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS), effective Monday, June 30, 2025.  

Updates include:

• Work with Party Types (PYY) screen will have a new Effective Date field for party types. Party type codes can be inactivated by JIS and reused with next effective date.  See screen capture below.
• Court users will no longer have security to make changes on PYY.  If a user attempts to use options: 2=Change, 4=Delete, F6=Create, an error message will display.
• When adding a new party to a case, the application will evaluate the file date and only display valid party types with an effective date equal to, or greater than, the file date.
• Reports: Warrant List, Case List, Probate Fiduciary Reports and Probate Guardian List.  When F4 (Prompt) is used on the Party Type field, all party types will display including those with inactive dates, in the event a user needs to select inactive parties when generating the aforementioned reports.

If changes to Party Types are desired, please contact the JIS Support Center at https://support.courts.michigan.gov/portal.  All requests will be evaluated and assessed.