Add a Criminal Summons

The following are the steps to add (pre-enter) a Criminal Summons to NCAWARE. Most of the functions are common to all processes (Warrants, Summons, Orders, and Orders based on Citations). Click on the provided links for further details.

Before you start:

Only users with the proper rights can pre-enter a Criminal Summons.
Participants, Offenses, and Court Data are not required information when pre-entering a Criminal Summons.

Only the first four steps must be executed in order. Once a Temporary File Number (TMP) is established, specific process information may be entered in any order.

1. From the MAIN MENU, click the Add a Process link.
2. The ADD A PROCESS menu displays. Select the Criminal Summons radio button and then select the Create A Process button.
3. The OFFENSE DATE screen will display. Enter (or select) a value in the required Offense Date/Start Date of Offense field. Enter (or select) a value in the End Date of Offense field, if necessary. After the Date value(s) are entered, click the Submit button.

1. The Criminal Summons PROCESS TAB VIEW displays with an assigned Temporary File Number (TMP). The DEFENDANT tab will display by default.
2. Add a Defendant to the process.
3. Add Offenses to the process.
4. Add a Complainant to the process.
5. Add Witnesses to the process.
6. Add Court Info to the process.
7. General process information can now be reviewed on the SUMMARY tab. To add or change Summary information, click the Edit Summary button. See Edit Summary for Criminal Summons for additional Help.

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The Criminal Summons is now pre-entered into NCAWARE. Depending on the information entered, the following options are available:

If the Summons has a status of Complete, it can now be subsequently searched for and edited or issued by a user with the proper rights.
If the Summons has a status of Incomplete, it can now be subsequently searched for and data added to move the status to Complete, or edited to change existing data, by a user with the proper rights.

For a listing of associated rules for this topic, click here.