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.

If you have any questions, please contact the JIS Support Center at https://support.courts.michigan.gov