Clerks have to order the warrant and FTA on one day and then wait until the FTA shows issued before forfeiting the bail. It is time consuming and they often forget to do it.

This request seeks to change the Judicial Information System (JIS) to allow a Failure to Appear (FTA) to issue even when the Account Receivable (AR) is zero. This would allow courts to issue FTAs without performing a workaround of creating a "fake" AR of $1 when the balance is zero.

Currently clerks have to order a warrant and FTA on one day and then wait until the FTA shows as issued before they go back into the system and forfeit the bail. This action is time consuming and staff occasionally forgets to complete the actions.

The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) would enhance the Judicial Information System (JIS) to allow FTAs to issue when there is a zero balance on the AR for the case. AOC has determined that the requirement for the current functionality originally derived from the Department of Licensing's (DOL) FTA process. As part of the analysis, AOC has discussed this request with DOL and verified that the DOL FTA process no longer requires an amount due of greater than zero for an FTA to process correctly.

AOC would enhance JIS to allow FTAs to issue when there is a zero balance for the case. The courts will be able to: (a) Order an FTA, (b) Issue an FTA automatically, or (3) Issue an FTA manually for a case with no accounts receivable.