JIS Updates and Information Blog

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.

Software updates will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) and will be available for use on Monday, June 9, 2025.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – June 9, 2025 to view details.

Updates In Brief

• Event Codes updated.

Software updates will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) and will be available for use on Monday, May 19, 2025.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – May 19, 2025 to view details.

Updates In Brief

• Event Type Codes added, modified, and expired.
• CLA (CLAIMANT/CREDITOR) Party Type added.
• Several functions removed from the Probate Report Menu.

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.