Jointly/Severally
Procedures for a Criminal Case
Summary
For Example: Clerk has three cases that have one judgment (e.g., $1500.)
against them as jointly/severally.
- Clerk will divide this judgment amount by the number of cases that
shares it. In this case we will divide by three (e.g., $500.00).
- Dispose case; add fee (restitution, etc.). Enter the assessed
amount the amount owed by the defendant (e.g., $500.00).
- Do this with all three cases.

The fee added was Restitution with an assessed
amount of 500.00.
- Open case (e.g. CR 2). Click on
Fees from the Options list. Locate the fee (e.g. Restitution)
and click on the ellipse. Select the Jointly/Severally option.

- Enter the Case Number
and select the Party that
shares the Jointly/Severally amount.
- Select the Type as Jointly/Severally.
- Enter the second case, party and type that shares the Jointly/Severally
amount.
- Click Save and Close.
- Open the case CR 2. Click on Fees
from the Options list and perform the Jointly/Severally. Enter
on this case the other two cases that share the jointly/severally
amount.

- Click Save and Close.
- Once saved the Fees window displays CR 1-Defendant … is jointly/severally
with CR 2-Defendant One … and CR 3- ...Defendant Three.
- Lastly, open the case CR 3. Click on Fees from the Options
list and perform the Jointly/Severally. Enter on this case the
other two cases that share the jointly/severally amount.
- Click Save and Close

- Go back to the case CR 3. Notice the Balance
Due hyperlink. This hyperlink indicates Jointly/Severally.
- Click on the hyperlink.
- Fee Balance: is this party’s case balance w/out the shared
jointly/severally amount. This amount includes fines/court cost
and his portion of the restitution.
- Jointly/Severally Balance is the amount this party is (jointly/severally)
or in other words is responsible to pay if the other two parties do
not pay their restitution. (Shared Jointly severally total amount.)
- Total Balance is the Fee Balance plus Jointly/Severally Balance.

Fee Balance

All three cases are now jointly/severally. They all should have
the Balance
Due hyperlink.
Rev. 03/30/2021