Fields for Case Initiation Maintenance (CMAINIT)

Court Type, Location

Type of court and location of the court where the case will be heard.

Case Type

Code identifying the type of case.

Case ID and description

Unique series of letters and/or numbers identifying a case and its description.

For criminal or traffic cases, the person setting up your system may have established a default case description on the System Control form (COASYSC) consisting of a prefix and suffix. The suffix is the name of the person associated with the Default Defendant Party Type Code (also established on COASYSC). Based on how your system is set up, the suffix displays as either Last Name, First Name, Middle Name or First Name, Middle Name, Last Name. You can enter a different case description.

This does not apply to defendants who are organizations.

Security

Number indicating the security level of the case. 1 = lowest security (available to the most users); 9 = highest security (available to the fewest users).

Claim/Value

Used in civil cases to indicate the amount of the claim in the case being filed.

Weight

Number indicating the complexity of the case. 1 = simple cases and 9 = most complex.

Filing

Date and time the case is filed in your court. This date cannot be a future date.

Trial

The type of trial requested for the case.

Agency

ID for the agency filing the case.

Track

Check if you want to track the case using ad hoc reporting tools. Checking this option does not generate any ACS Contexte reports; it simply acts as a flag for courts who have designed their own reports for tracking purposes.

Image

If checked, indicates a content file is attached to the case record. The file can be any electronic file that can be maintained through your third party document management system (DMS).