Doxpop - Tools for Attorneys and Public Information Researchers: November 2018

Friday, November 30, 2018

Wells and Miami County Converts to Odyssey- Your Doxpop Access is Unaffected.


During the weekend of December 1st, the Courts in Wells & Miami County will convert to the Odyssey case tracking system, this means their Case Management System is now administered by Indiana Trial Court Technology.

This move does not affect Doxpop users because Doxpop buys access to a real-time feed of court data from the Odyssey system from the Division of State Court Administration. Your access to Wells and Miami County court information through Doxpop will not be interrupted during this transition. Wells County e-filers, please read this post regarding e-file during the transition. 

A few of the services we provide will look odd during the transition because there will be a four-six week period when both the old data and the new data are available. This is longer than when this transition typically happens due to the holidays. In particular:
  • If you use the personal calendar feature to keep track of hearings connected to your Bar ID, you will see two colors for Wells or Miami County on your calendar. Every event will be available, but the older cases will have a different color from the newer cases. When we complete the merge process, these will go back to being a single color.
  • When you look at our "County Details Page", you will find two entries for each court until the merge is complete.
  • When you are doing searches, you will find two entries for some cases. This is because while we are loading the information from Odyssey, we will also be maintaining the old data until the operation is complete to ensure you don't miss anything. When you see two case entries, please look at both to ensure you have the most current information.
  • If you use any of our "watch" services to keep an eye on cases or people of interest, we will be moving those watches over so they point to the cases and people that are a part of the Odyssey data feed. We run a process to convert these every hour, but it is possible for notification of events to slip through the cracks between conversion runs so you may want to periodically do a manual check between now and January 14th. After then, we'll be back to normal.
Tax warrants will not be affected at all by this transition.

Finally, one deficiency in the Odyssey system is that financial information is not exported in their data feed, so that detail will not be available after the transition. We regularly ask that TCT add this to the data feed, but so far, we are told that it is not allowed because the clerks using the Odyssey system have requested that TCT not make that information available to us. If this information is important to you, please encourage the clerks you work with to tell TCT differently so we can get the information back online.

As always, we are available to answer any questions in person, so don't hesitate to call support at 866-369-7671 if you have any questions.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Wells county e-filing: Important information while they transition to the Odyssey case management system.


Wells County will begin a transition to the Odyessy case management system on November 29th.

This transition will have a limiting effect on e-filing through the weekend. Here is the notice that was provided by the state court administration regarding this transfer:
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Beginning THU, NOV 29 at 4:00pm through SAT, DEC 1 at 1:00pm, you will be able to e-file only into Wells cases in which you have e-filed before. Filings into other cases or that open a new case will not be possible during this time.
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If you need to file into a Wells case and it does not pull up in e-file you will have to file it directly with the clerk. The same process will apply for any new cases.

This transition will only affect e-filing temporarily.

All other court case information and Doxpop features will remain unaffected. 

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Doxpop offices will close 5pm EST Wednesday, November 21st in observance of Thanksgiving.

We understand that sometimes you have to deal with an emergency situation during a holiday so here's how to get help over the holiday:

We will not be monitoring phone lines, so you must use email. One of our managers will be checking email periodically throughout the Thanksgiving break. If you have a real emergency, please send an email to support@doxpop.com that contains a brief description of the problem and phone number we can call to reach you.

Please be respectful when using this option. It's for real emergencies that can't wait until Monday morning.

Our offices will re-open at 8am on Monday, November 26th. 

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Keeping you on top of your court dates!


Introducing a new feature with the Doxpop Calendar.

Featured now on the 'court cases' tab at the top of the dashboard is the number of court calendar events you have scheduled for today and tomorrow*.

If you want more details or just want a quick way to get to the 'my calendar' page, just click on this spot and you will be taken directly to your calendar.

A couple things to note:

*On Friday and over the weekend Tomorrow will actually be Monday's count.
Also, this count does include canceled events so make sure you check the calendar before you run off to court.

For more about using the Doxpop calendars visit our help pages. 

If you have any questions feel free to contact us at support@doxpop.com or call us 8am-6pm EST at 866-369-7671