Court Updates

10/30/26 – As a follow-up to our recent updates on the State of Michigan’s transition from MICourts to its new court records system (MOCCS), we are pleased to share that the below counties have completed testing and meet our search standards. Our interim process is moving to a manual fulfillment method as we work to establish connections with the new MI court system. 
 
Effective today, October 30th, we are resuming order completions in Connect for these counties. Orders that were on hold will begin completing, and new orders will process normally. No action is needed on your part. We have made the decision to proceed forward without passing the cost impact to you, despite an interim change in fulfillment method to complete these searches. Of note, given the manual fulfillment path, there will be an impact to TAT. 
 
Order Exceptions
Raw data remains on hold but can be completed as fully formatted. Please reach out to your Account Executive if interested in running these. 
 
Fuse orders will resume once the full MI Court transition is complete & connections to the system are reestablished. 
 
Tested and approved counties: Antrim, Bay, Genesee, Grand Traverse, Jackson, Leelanau, Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, and Washtenaw
 
As stated on the MOCCS site, the non-convictions and dismissed cases and charges are no longer available for reporting. 
 
Testing for the remaining Michigan counties impacted by the MICourts to MOCCS transition is ongoing, and orders in those counties remain on hold. The remaining counties will automatically be turned on as testing is completed and results pass our search standards. 
 



10/21/26 – The Michigan State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) will discontinue the MiCOURT Case Search, the primary source for county criminal searches, on October 22, 2026. It will be replaced by the Michigan Online Court Case Search (MOCCS).

This change affects court searches in the 58 Michigan counties listed below. During the transition, searches will be completed manually, so turnaround times will be longer than normal.

WHAT’S CHANGING

MOCCS (the new system) is designed to centralize Michigan court record searches. According to SCAO, it will display the same court information currently available through MiCOURT and will expand the number of courts searchable through one system.

However, this update will include changes to the search process. MOCCS returns only exact matches to the entered search criteria. Results depend on how a name or other identifier is entered, so variations in spelling, format, or identifiers could affect what is returned. To ensure we support your ability to get accurate, complete results, we are building our new automation process with this in mind.

WHAT WE’RE DOING

We are working directly with SCAO to confirm:

• Additional counties or courts that may become searchable through MOCCS
• Whether MOCCS data fully matches what was available through MiCOURT
• Any new search, access, or operational requirements
• How the new search logic may affect the completeness and quality of results

We will not represent MOCCS results as complete until we have confirmed these points.

To keep Michigan orders moving, we have assigned dedicated staff to manually complete searches using MOCCS once it is live. At the same time, our automation team is building a compliant MOCCS workflow.

EXPECTED TURNAROUND TIMES DURING THE TRANSITION

• Clear results: approximately 24–48 hours
• Results with a hit: approximately 48–72 hours

Turnaround may be longer in jurisdictions with high order volumes. We will share updated build timelines and turnaround expectations once the new workflow has been tested.

AFFECTED JURISDICTIONS

Alger, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Baraga, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Calhoun, Cass, Clare, Clinton, Crawford, Eaton, Emmet, Genesee, Gladwin, Gogebic, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Houghton, Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Iron, Isabella, Jackson, Kalkaska, Lapeer, Leelanau, Lenawee, Livingston, Luce, Mackinac, Macomb, Manistee, Marquette, Mason, Menominee, Midland, Missaukee, Monroe, Montcalm, Montmorency, Muskegon, Oakland, Oceana, Oscoda, Ottawa, Sanilac, Schoolcraft, Shiawassee, St. Clair, Tuscola, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wexford

Searches in all other Michigan counties are not expected to be affected.

Our goal throughout this transition is to maintain the quality and accuracy of Michigan court searches while limiting delays. We will provide updates as part of our delay notifications as we have more details.