13. Municipal Divisions Q&A
1. When a Municipal division is entering cases from their legacy system into Show-Me Courts, will we enter with the FI35 – Confidential Redacted Information Filing Sheet (CRIFS) sheet?
Those cases would be entered using the original filing date so those documents will not be available to public. Those would not have to have a redacted and unredacted and FI35 – Confidential Redacted Information Filing Sheet (CRIFS) filing sheet. You will need to make sure when entering those cases into SMC, you are using the appropriate date from the original case.
2. In municipal divisions the judge allows discovery. I have done that by local court rule. If non-attorney requests discovery [accident report with several names address and DOBs] to now only attorneys?
The rules shouldn't change what a party is entitled to in discovery.
3. We are a Municipal divisions and I asked my Municipal judge how we needed to handle our old warrants prior to July 1st, since they all have PII on them. During the presentation the video stated we needed to get with our PJ to get a Administrative Order etc. My Municipal Judge indicated yesterday, he has not been given any direction on this and he was not told what we needed to do. So, should I reach out to the PJ office myself or wait until my Municipal judge gives us direction?
You could reach out to the circuit clerk to find out how they are handling the warrants and to check about any administrative orders.
4. When a prosecuting attorney eFile a charge in municipal division through the PA portal, how do they redact the information on the actual ticket?
Depending on the location that the ticket would be coming in from, the different vendors have agreed to provide redacted and unredacted version of the actual uniform citation. The PA Portal has been updated to let them file the redacted ticket as AUTT and the unredacted ticket is what the clerks will see attached to the FREDI Code.
Those cases would be entered using the original filing date so those documents will not be available to public. Those would not have to have a redacted and unredacted and FI35 – Confidential Redacted Information Filing Sheet (CRIFS) filing sheet. You will need to make sure when entering those cases into SMC, you are using the appropriate date from the original case.
2. In municipal divisions the judge allows discovery. I have done that by local court rule. If non-attorney requests discovery [accident report with several names address and DOBs] to now only attorneys?
The rules shouldn't change what a party is entitled to in discovery.
3. We are a Municipal divisions and I asked my Municipal judge how we needed to handle our old warrants prior to July 1st, since they all have PII on them. During the presentation the video stated we needed to get with our PJ to get a Administrative Order etc. My Municipal Judge indicated yesterday, he has not been given any direction on this and he was not told what we needed to do. So, should I reach out to the PJ office myself or wait until my Municipal judge gives us direction?
You could reach out to the circuit clerk to find out how they are handling the warrants and to check about any administrative orders.
4. When a prosecuting attorney eFile a charge in municipal division through the PA portal, how do they redact the information on the actual ticket?
Depending on the location that the ticket would be coming in from, the different vendors have agreed to provide redacted and unredacted version of the actual uniform citation. The PA Portal has been updated to let them file the redacted ticket as AUTT and the unredacted ticket is what the clerks will see attached to the FREDI Code.
July 13, 2023