February 21, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County Circuit Court Clerk Susan Martin has announced the launch of a new website for her office at http://www.dekalbtennessee.com/circuit-court-clerk.html.
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“We’re excited to announce it. There are four different ways to access it. Google DeKalb County Tennessee Circuit Court Clerk and that will bring it up or go to DeKalb Tennessee.com. Another way is DeKalb Tennessee.com/circuit court clerk which goes directly to the site and WJLE will have a link to the site,” said Martin.
“Once you get to the website, look in the top right corner at Circuit Court Clerk On-Line services and click it. That will take you to the new page.
The site, designed by Lisa Cripps of Main Street Studio, offers information for the DeKalb County Circuit, General Sessions, Juvenile and Criminal Courts including dockets of upcoming court dates, general court procedures, information for prospective jurors, as well as various court costs and fines, courtroom conduct, court forms for divorces, the office holiday schedule, and contact information.
Online Payments are now accepted on the site. Visit the Online Payments page and follow the instructions. Please contact the appropriate court if you encounter any problems.
Martin said the courts and dockets link will be useful to many. “We receive a lot of calls about the court dockets. People want to know if they are on the docket for a certain date. Now they can go to the court and dockets link and find all the court dates. Right now all the court dates for the month of February are listed. If you want to check today’s court docket go to February 21 and click the docket and see what is on there. It will bring up the link and you will see the names of those listed on the docket for today. We don’t list juvenile court cases because those are confidential,” said Martin.
Another popular feature will be the payment online option. “By clicking that link it will take you to BIS (Business Information Systems) which handles the payments for us. You may click the link to the court in which you want to pay and follow the steps. We currently have a lot of people who call in to make credit card payments. Now they can do it online,” added Martin.
Those needing to know about jury duty can access a link on the site as well as persons wanting to attend driver safety school.
“The big one we receive calls on daily is driver safety school and traffic citations. If you click on that link it will tell you all your charges whether it be for a seatbelt violation, cell phone usage, No driver license, financial responsibility, etc and you can see exactly what it is going to cost you. If you get a ticket in DeKalb County you can pay the ticket and it will go on your record or you can attend driver safety school if you have not been within the past year. All the information you need about driver safety school is on our website”.
“We’re also getting a new phone system giving you the option of speaking with the clerk of your choice, whether it be for General Sessions, Juvenile, or Circuit and our scanners are coming in this week. We’re moving right along with our upgrades and we’re excited about it,” said Martin.