JIS Updates and Information Blog

Attention:  District and Circuit Courts
SCAO sent a memo on December 16, 2025, regarding jurisdictional transfers for Problem-Solving Courts (PSC).  JIS applied software updates in DCS/WebDCS (District Court System) and TCS/WebTCS (Trial Court System) this week, with functionality to support PSC transfer cases. 

Below, please see links to the SCAO communication, as well as release updates for DCS/WebDCS and TCS/WebTCS. 

Included in the release updates are multiple resources available to courts on the JIS Support Center/Knowledge Base; new knowledge articles with a summary table and step-by-step instructions are available.

• SCAO Memo December 16, 2025
• DCS/WebDCS Release Updates
• TCS/WebTCS Release Updates 

JIS has also scheduled a Lunch and Learn on this topic for January 14, 2026 @ 11:30 a.m.

Select Lunch & Learn - PSC Case Types to register.

The following updates will be applied to the TCS/WebTCS application and will be available for use beginning on Monday, December 15, 2025.

• Updated Forms
• Updated Reports
• New Event Types
• New Event Categories

View a full description of the updates:  TCS/WebTCS Release Updates December 15, 2025

The following updates will be applied to the DCS/WebDCS application and will be available for use beginning on Monday, December 15, 2025.

• Changes to Traffic/Criminal/Probation Subsystem.  
• Calendar Improvements.
• Updated Forms & Reports.

View a full description of the updates:  DCS/WebDCS Release Updates-December 15, 2025

JIS applied software corrections overnight regarding the following items.  This was done to address issues which arose out of the recent MiCOURT DCS 2025/5 release on 11/17/2025. 

• MC09A Dismissal, Non Service/No Progress - The title of the form has been corrected.

• CIA02 Judgment, Civil Infraction - Overlapping text in the IT IS ORDERED Note line corrected.

• T/C Forms - X-Ref Number Truncated - When printing the following forms the X-Ref number below the Case No was not printing the last two characters of the value if entire ten characters were used.  This has been corrected. 

  • DCG = MC245o (3/21) Order For Discharge From Probation 

  • MDP = MC245m (3/21) Motion For Discharge From Probation 

  • NLP = MC263 (6/19) Motion/Order Of Nolle Prosequi 

  • PBM = DC223 (12/21) Misdemeanor Plea By Mail

  • PBW = MC229 (9/22) Motion, Affidavit, And Bench Warrant

  • PTR = MC240 (9/22) Pretrial Release Order

• Traffic/Criminal Date Generated Notices - Abstract Issue

  • The most common scenario observed since the 2025-5 Release was when a Trial field was populated with N due to a dismissal abstract request.  Then, each subsequent abstract generated would generate with an N.  This resulted in abstract errors from the Department of State.
  • Code was corrected when creating the abstract records so data is not passed incorrectly from one abstract to the next abstract.

The following updates will be applied to the DCS/WebDCS application and will be available for use beginning on Monday, November 17, 2025.

• Several impactful changes for Traffic/Criminal/Probation, which included coordination with DMC to align with various products:  
  • Address field changes on ACT, CAS and CON screens
  • Non-Public indicators added on ACT, DSP and SCH screens
  • CCW field changed to CPL on CAS, DSP and Report Generator
  • Additional Text Entry enhancement on DSP screen
• Various SCAO form updates for Civil and Traffic/Criminal/Probation
• Several bug fixes have been applied

View a full description of the updates:  DCS/WebDCS Release Updates-November 17, 2025

An upgrade to the WebTCS/DCS operating platform is scheduled for Tuesday, November 4th, 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.

JIS strongly recommends clearing your cache following a release to limit potential screen issues. 

To clear cache, press CTRL+SHIFT+DEL from any browser tab to open the Settings then select "Cached Images and Files" and click Clear Data or Clear Now. This will affect all open browser tabs/windows and will need to be done on each computer where you log in to WebTCS/DCS.

Detailed instructions for Clearing Cache in Chrome and Clearing Cache in Edge can be found on the JIS Support Center.    

The following updates will be applied to the TCS/WebTCS application and will be available for use beginning on Monday, November 3, 2025.

• After discussion with SCAO, JIS is reverting form PC 562, Notice of Hearing, back to the 12/17 version.  The 8/19 version was not finalized by SCAO and was released in error.  
• Additionally, PC 592, Certificate of Completion, has been updated with the 08/19 version.

The following updates will be applied to the TCS/WebTCS application and will be available for use beginning on Monday, October 27, 2025.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – Oct. 27, 2025 to view details.

Updates In Brief:

• New Event Types

The following updates will be applied to the TCS/WebTCS application and will be available for use beginning on Monday, October 13, 2025.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – Oct. 13, 2025 to view details.

Updates In Brief:

• Updated/Inactivated Event Types
• New/Updated Reports
• New/Updated Forms
• Court Action needed: Court Administrators/Security Administrators should review court user status and add the appropriate user status for your employees. See knowledge article Add User Status to User Profile for instructions.
  
  

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.