Search for an Offense from Main Menu

For research, review, and maintenance purposes, NCAWARE provides the ability for users to search for and display Offenses directly from the MAIN MENU. Below are the steps for retrieving Offenses both for review and maintenance purposes.

Before you start:

Offenses retrieved from the MAIN MENU for review purposes cannot be added to a process. Click the Related Topics button at the bottom of the page for Help with adding Offenses to processes.
An Offense search for review purposes will return all Statewide Offense Codes and any Local (99) Titles in the county of the user that match the search criteria.
Only Local Data Administrators (LDAs) are allowed to edit Offense Titles and this ability is restricted to Local (99) Offenses (note: The State System Administrator (SSA) can edit any Offense.)

From the MAIN MENU, click the Offense Codes link (or for Local [99] Title maintenance, click the Offense Code Maintenance link).
The OFFENSE SEARCH screen displays. There are various "filters" (user-entered data that will limit and sort search results) to place on a search:
1. - County
  - Offense Date/Start Date of Offenses, End Date of Offenses (fields available when retrieving Offenses for review purposes only)
  - Law Type
  - Statute/Code
  - AOC Offense Code
  - Keywords

Select a required County and then enter at least one of the following: a Law Type of Common Law or Local Ordinance, Statute/Code, AOC Offense Code, and/or a Keyword.

Once the filter fields are entered, click the Search button.

The OFFENSE SEARCH RESULTS screen displays with the returned records.

Note: If the Offense Code Maintenance link was selected, then only Local (99) Offense Titles that match the search criteria will display in the OFFENSE SEARCH RESULTS screen.

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For Offense Code review purposes:

Select the radio button of an Offense and click the Select button. The OFFENSE FULL TEXT screen for the selected Offense displays.

Note: If the selected Offense has multiple Titles, then the Offense Code User Titles screen will display. Select the radio button of a Title to view the Offense details.

For Local (99) Offense Title maintenance (LDAs only):

Select the radio button of a Local (99) Offense Title and click the Maintain Title button to Edit or Delete a Local (99) Offense Title. Click the Add Title button if a Local (99) Offense Title does not exist and you need to add one.

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