Judicial Information System Applications

JIS for All Trial Courts
The JIS application includes statewide information shared by all trial courts (superior, limited jurisdiction, and juvenile). It includes:

• Person information for criminal and domestic-related cases
• Statewide criminal case history for a person
• Domestic violence case and protection order history for a person

JIS for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Courts of Limited Jurisdiction use JIS and the District and Municipal Court Information System (DISCIS) -- the major limited jurisdiction application -- and the Judicial Accounting Subsystem (JASS). More than 150 courts use these systems which allow them to process cases from the initial filing to closure incorporating such tasks as:

• Case Filing
• Calendaring
• Docketing
• Case Maintenance
• Finding/Judgment and Sentence Recording
• Accounts Receivable and Collections
• Receipting/Cashiering
• Trust Accounting
• Checking and Banking
• FTA and Warrant Processing
• Management and Statistical Reporting

JIS for Superior Courts
The 39 superior courts use JIS, the Superior Court Management Information System (SCOMIS -- the major JIS applications for superior courts), the Judicial Receipting System (JRS) and JASS. SCOMIS is used to:

• Manage and report Washington's superior court cases, dates for court motions, trials, etc.
• Provide judgment or case status.
• Document the amount of a judgment.
• Record if, and when, certain pleadings and documents have been filed.
• Provide statewide tracking for all felony cases.

JIS for Juvenile Departments
Juvenile departments of superior courts use both JIS and JUVIS. JUVIS is a statewide computer system with the primary function to allow Washington's juvenile courts to record and share information about juveniles' criminal histories. Juvenile departments also use JIS to enter person information about juveniles and parents. This information is then transferred to JUVIS where all referral and detention information is entered and managed.

The Juvenile Detention System, which is a separate module within JUVIS, tracks information about a juvenile's stay in a detention facility including why the juvenile was admitted, room number, legal status of each referral for which the juvenile is serving detention time, and why the juvenile was released.

JIS-Link
The OAC provides a public access service called JIS-Link. For information, please visit the JIS-Link section.