Yolo County, Calif., Court Launches Text Notification System - Government Technology

January 17, 2023 • 

(TNS) — Eligible parties tin present person substance notifications from Yolo Superior Court regarding tribunal dates, continuances and cancellations done their mobile astute telephone devices.

The substance notification system, which is escaped of charge, is present disposable for parties with existent cases by signing up done the court's website astatine www.yolo.courts.ca.gov oregon by utilizing the QR codes disposable astatine the nationalist work windows, according to a property merchandise from Yolo Superior Court. This programme is not disposable to individuals who are not a enactment to the case.

"The substance notification programme is simply a portion of the court's continued committedness to transparency and access," Presiding Judge Daniel Maguire stated. "It is our anticipation that eligible parties motion up and usage this escaped programme and that they find it helpful. We get it, radical are busy, and reminders are ever helpful"

Failures to look origin delays successful tribunal and tin effect successful further charges against a defendant. Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson noted that radical tin beryllium jailed for missing court.

"Being jailed adjacent for a fewer days disrupts employment and lodging and causes different hardships successful household units," Olson said. "A substance reminder strategy helps radical enactment connected track. I volition surely promote clients to motion up."

Yolo Superior Court CEO Shawn Landry besides praised the system, pointing retired that substance reminders are already a immense portion of astir people's lives.

"We are excited astir this nationalist entree instrumentality that provides parties proceeding dates, times and courtroom accusation needed to look astatine court," Landry emphasized. "Most radical already usage substance notification reminders for dentist appointments oregon different commitments successful our regular lives, this is nary different. It is truly a win-win; a convenience for parties and it volition trim the fig of postponements and failures to appear."

Although astir lawsuit types are eligible for substance notification, determination are immoderate lawsuit types that are not disposable for this programme owed to strict confidentiality requirements.

"I commend the tribunal for utilizing innovation to streamline the transgression justness system," Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig said. "The complaint of radical failing to look successful tribunal has been precise precocious implicit the years. Most radical don't intentionally miss tribunal and for those, getting substance reminders volition beryllium highly beneficial."

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