Add a Worthless Check Warrant

The following are the steps to add (pre-enter) a Worthless Check Warrant for Misdemeanor Worthless Check. Most of the functions are common to all processes (Warrants, Summons, and Citations) with the exception that the offense functions will be specific to Worthless Checks. Click on the provided links for further details.

Before you start:

Only users with the proper rights can pre-enter a Worthless Check Warrant.
Participants, Offenses, and Court Data are not required information when pre-entering a Worthless Check Warrant.
Only the first four steps must be executed in order. Once a Temporary File Number (TMP) is established, specific case 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 Worthless Check Warrant for Misdemeanor Worthless Check 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 Offenses field. Enter (or select) a value in the End Date of Offenses field, if necessary. After the Date value(s) are entered, click the Submit button.

1. The Worthless Check Warrant PROCESS TAB VIEW displays with an assigned Temporary File Number (TMP). The DEFENDANT tab displays 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 case information can now be reviewed on the SUMMARY tab. To add or change Summary information, click the Edit Summary button. See Edit Summary of Worthless Check Warrant for additional Help.

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The Worthless Check Warrant is now pre-entered into NCAWARE. Depending on the information entered, the following options are available:

If the Warrant 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 Warrant 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.