JIS Updates and Information Blog

Traffic/Criminal Code File updates will be applied to the District Court System (DCS/WebDCS) application and available for use beginning on Monday, April 28, 2025.

Please review and distribute this information to court staff.

Click DCS/WebDCS Updates - April 28, 2025 for details.

Important Information:

On December 10, 2024, Governor Whitmer signed 2024 PA 161, 2024 PA 162, and 2024 PA 163 into law with an effective date of April 2, 2025.

JIS, in consultation with the State Court Administrative Office, has determined additional cash codes and charge codes are necessary due to requirements in the law.

• Courts will need to set up the following new cash codes in the Cash Subsystem if school bus camera-based violations are filed with the court:
  • CAMB
  • PCOV
  • PCSV
• Courts will need to set up the following new charge codes in the Traffic/Criminal Subsystem if school bus camera-based violations are filed with the court:
• Ordinance Violation (Case Type OI)
• Statute Violation (Case Type SI)
• Courts will need to add a new, four-digit code to track school districts.

Software updates have been applied to the Probate Court System (PCS) application and will be available for use beginning on Monday, April 28, 2025.

Please review and distribute this information to court staff.

Click PCS Updates - April 28, 2025 for details.

Updates In Brief

• Revisions to the Crime Victim Rights Audit Report.

Software updates will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) and will be available for use on Monday, April 28, 2025 (formerly April 21, 2025).

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – April 28, 2025 to view details.

Updates In Brief

• Offense codes added.
• Event Type Codes added, expired, and expanded.
• Reassign Professional/Attorney list updated.
• Updates to Crime Victim Rights Report.

Software updates will be applied to the District Court System (DCS/WebDCS) application and available for use beginning on Monday, March 31, 2025.

Please review and distribute this information to court staff.

Click DCS/WebDCS Updates - March 31, 2025 for details.

Updates In Brief

• Corrects an issue with generating the Unclaimed Restitution Report.
• Revises programming regarding Retained Attorney text entries.

Hotfix Update

• Following our most recent TCS/WebTCS release, we were made aware that updates made to the PZ Case Type processing flow required some corrections. We would like to announce that those corrections have been made, were applied to the TCS application last night, and are now ready for use.

Software updates will be applied to the District Court System (DCS/WebDCS) application and available for use beginning on Monday, March 10, 2025.

Please review and distribute this information to court staff.

Click DCS/WebDCS Updates - March 10, 2025 for details.

Updates In Brief

• Revised Civil Action screen programming when entering code ORE27.
• Updates to the Register of Actions.

Software updates will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) and will be available for use on Friday, February 28, 2025.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – February 28, 2025 to view details.

Update In Brief

• Following the most recent release, it was discovered that if restitution was paid in full, the voucher process was not working as expected. This has been updated and will work properly now.

Software updates will be applied to the PCS application and will be available for use on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.

Click PCS Updates – February 18, 2025 to view details.

Updates In Brief

• Various forms were updated in accordance with SCAO.
• Criminal History Records - EJUD or MJUD screen has been updated.

Software updates will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) and will be available for use on Monday, February 24, 2025.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – February 24, 2025 to view details.

Updates In Brief

• Updates to CHR disposition code NMI (Nolo Contendere Mentally Ill).
• Event codes added, removed, and modified.
• Party requirements for PC, PZ, and AS case types updated.

Software updates will be applied to the District Court System (DCS/WebDCS) application and available for use beginning on Monday, February 3, 2025.

Please review and distribute this information to court staff.

Click DCS/WebDCS Updates - February 3, 2025 for details.

Updates In Brief

• Revisions to Crime Victim Rights Assessment Report
• Report may be requested via Traffic/Criminal As Required Reports or Court Wide Cash Report.
• Line items have been added, revised, and reordered.
• Page formatting has been updated.

Software updates will be applied to the Probate Court System (PCS) and will be available for use on Monday, October 30, 2023.  

Administrators wishing to obtain access to Juvenile Set Aside data should contact the service desk for assistance prior to December 30.