Record a Motion

You "record" a legal motion when the motion has already been filed with the court, for example, by a prosecutor. When you record a motion that has already been filed, you enter the motion narrative but not all the motion details you would if you were creating a motion to be filed with the court. (See Create a motion if the motion has not been filed.)

You can record a stand alone motion record, or group it to an existing legal action. (If you are grouping this motion to another legal action record, see Group a legal action, then continue at step 8 below.)

To record a motion, complete the following steps:  

  1. From the Home screen, click the Case tab.

  2. Click the Workload tab. The Case Workload screen appears.

  3. Click the ID Number link for the case you want to update. The Case Overview screen appears.

  4. Click the Legal Actions link in the navigation bar on the left.. The Case Legal Actions / Delinquency Participants Filter Criteria screen appears. From this location, you can access and maintain all legal actions associated with this case.

  5. In the Case Legal Actions / Delinquency Participants table; select Maintain Legal Action next to the case participant you want to add a complaint. The Participant Legal Action Filter Criteria screen appears.

  6. In the Participant Legal Action Information table; select Record Motion from the Legal Action field.

  7. Click the Add Legal Action and Grouping button. The Record Motion Details screen appears. Required fields are Type of Motion, Date Submitted, and Method of Motion

  8. Click Save. You are returned to the Participant Legal Action Filter Criteria screen. The motion that you just entered appears in the Legal Action Information table.

  9. Click the Report link for the motion record you just added. The Document Details screen appears.

  10. Click the Generate Report button. The report appears in a PDF file format.

  11. To save the report to the report history in the Ohio SACWIS database, click the Save button in the lower-left portion of the screen.

  12. To print the report, click the print icon in the PDF tool bar.