Manuals
- Purchasing Documents on eCourt Kokua (including certified copies) (12/05/19)
- Quick Start Guide – eCourt Kokua Document Purchase
- JEFS Non-Attorney Purchasing Document Subscriptions
Case IDs format:
Very old migrated cases may have Case IDs comprised of 4 or 5-digits. To search in JIMS / JEFS / eCourt Kokua you must add the Circuit, Case Type and leading zeroes for a total of 12 alpha/numeric characters. Include a single numeric digit for the Circuit (1-First Circuit, 2-Second Circuit, 3-Third Circuit, 5-Fifth Circuit).
- Example: 12345 –> 1PC000012345
For other migrated cases, the entire Case ID up to 12 alpha/numeric characters must be entered, without hyphens, when searching by Case ID in JIMS/JEFS/eCourt Kokua. Include the first numeric digit for the Circuit (1-First Circuit, 2-Second Circuit, 3-Third Circuit, 5-Fifth Circuit).
Note: New two-digit Case Types in JIMS/JEFS are presented in the examples below. Land Court and Tax Appeal Court cases always begin with “1” such as 1LD or 1TX.
- Criminal Case Examples
CR-15-1-5678 –> 1PC151005678
FCCR-15-1-1234 –> 2FC151001234
1FCCR-16-1-2345 –> 1FC161002345
3PC-15-1-1 –> 3PC151000001 - District Court Civil Case Examples
RC-16-1-123 –> 1RC161000123
SC-16-1-456 –> 2SC161000456
SS-16-1-789 –> 2SS161000789
SN-16-1-123 –> 3SN161000123
SD-16-1-456 –> 5SD161000456 - Circuit Court Civil Case Examples
CIV-16-1-123 –> 1CC161000123
SP-16-1-456 –> 2SP161000456
ML-16-1-789 –> 3ML161000789
SPP-16-1-123 –> 5PR161000123
LAW-00-0-16384 –> 1LW000016384 - Estate and Probate Case in Circuit Court Examples
EQ-00-0-932 –> 1EQ000000932
G-16-1-123 –> 2LG161000123
P-16-1-456 –> 3LP161000456
SE-16-1-789 –> 5SE161000789
SG-16-1-123 –> 1SG161000123
TR-16-1-456 –> 2TR161000456
T-16-1-789 –> 3TS161000789
C-16-1-123 –> 5CP161000123
CG-16-1-456 –> 1CG161000456 - Land Court and Tax Appeal Court Case Examples
LD-16-1-123 –> 1LD161000123
TX-16-1-456 –> 1TX161000456
In JIMS/JEFS, Criminal cases created starting 01/23/17 and Civil cases created starting 10/07/19 can be searched by entering the full case ID with hyphens in the format of:
Circuit No (1 digit), Circuit/ District indicator (1 character), Case Type (2 characters), dash, Year (2 digits), dash, sequence number (7 digits, you may omit leading zeroes)
- Examples:
1CPC-17-0000001 — 1CPC-17-0000001 or 1CPC-17-1
1CCV-19-0000001 — 1CCV-19-0000001 or 1CCV-19-1
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Read this before you try to purchase a document or a document subscription. If you are a Judiciary Electronic Filing and Service System (JEFS) user, you do not need a subscription to get documents in your active cases. You may download or print documents without cost from your manage cases screen. Not all public documents are available online through eCourt Kokua and most traffic documents are only available at the courthouse. If there is no pdf icon displayed next to the docket entry, the document is only be available at the courthouse. If there is a pdf icon displayed next to the docket entry in eCourt Kokua, this document is available online for single document purchase or via subscription. However, documents with a pdf icon may not be available the same day IMMEDIATELY after purchase due to delays in document processing. Public documents with a pdf icon may be purchased through eCourt Kokua. Individual documents are available for $3.00 per document or 10 cents per page, whichever sum is greater. Subscriptions are available for $125.00 per quarter or $500.00 per year. A subscription entitles the subscriber to unlimited single downloads of public documents with a pdf icon during the term of the subscription. Do not subscribe unless you are sure you want the subscription. Your money will NOT be refunded.
