The docket is the working list
Defendant, violation, status, and balance stay visible so clerks are not reconstructing the matter from separate files.
Court Management
The case record that drives the docket.
Cases, appearances, decisions, payments, accounting, and reporting stay tied to the matter.
The clerk works the case from intake through close-out.
Thin Line Court Management is municipal and justice-court software for citation-based cases.
Explore the screenSelect a number to see how the work moves.
- 1. Case statusSee where the case stands and what action comes next.
- 2. AppearanceThe next appearance stays on the case the clerk is working.
- 3. FeesFines, costs, and the balance stay tied to the same matter.
A case you can keep working from.
History stays intact
Appearances, pleas, programs, payments, and warrants remain on the case.
Money stays on the matter
Receipts, plans, allocations, and balances remain traceable to the originating case.
Ready for close-out
OCA, DPS conviction, and related Texas reporting come from the cases the court is already working.
What's in it
What Court Management manages.
Cases & the docket
Defendants, violations, citations, queues, calendars, and appearances.
Pleas, programs & judgment
Pleas, deferred disposition, driving safety, compliance dismissals, orders, and disposition.
Payments
Fines, costs, receipts, plans, balances, and refunds on the case.
Warrants & bonds
FTA, court-owned warrants, bonds, and post-judgment activity.
Accounting & reporting
Deposits, allocation, reconciliation, close-out, and Texas reporting from the same case.
The working case
One case. Everything that happens next.
The citation becomes a case. A decision becomes part of the history. The case closes through disposition, accounting, and reporting.
Cases & Docket
The docket is a working list of real cases.
Defendants, violations, status, queues, and balances sit on one case list so clerks can work the next matter without rebuilding context. Opening a case shows the citation, history, documents, and court detail already attached.
- Search and work cases from the violation docket
- Status, workflow, and balance stay visible on the list
- Citation details open on the same case record
Appearances
The next date lives on the case.
Calendars, queues, and appearance activity remain part of the case history. Clerks and judges work the docket from the record instead of a separate calendar that has to be kept in sync.
- Appearances attached to the case
- Queues and calendars from the same record set
- What happened in court stays in the history
Pleas & Programs
Pleas and programs are case actions, not side notes.
Plea entry, deferred disposition, driving safety, and other court programs remain on the case so later payments, deadlines, and disposition start from what the court already decided.
- Plea activity on the case record
- Programs and deferred options stay attached
- Later workflow continues from the same decision
Compliance
Turn statutory options into guided court workflow.
Eligibility, documentation, fees, approvals, orders, and disposition stay attached to the case instead of being managed as an informal side process. Clerks can move a compliance path without leaving the matter they are working.
- Eligibility and requirements on the case
- Documentation, fees, and approvals in the same workflow
- Disposition follows from completed compliance
Judgments & Orders
The court’s decision stays with the matter.
Judgments, orders, and final outcomes are entered on the case. Fine, cost, and post-judgment activity continue from that decision instead of a disconnected outcome file.
- Judgments and orders on the case
- Fines and costs follow the disposition
- Post-judgment activity remains in the history
Payments
Receipts post to the originating case.
Cashiers take payment against the matter in front of them. Allocations, balances, and receipts remain part of the case financial history instead of a register that has to be matched later.
- Apply payments to the case
- Issue receipts from the same activity
- Balances stay visible on the docket
Payment Plans
Plans are part of the case, not a side ledger.
Installment terms, due amounts, and remaining balance stay attached to the matter so cashiers and clerks can see what is owed without opening a separate finance tool.
- Plan terms on the case
- Due activity tied to the balance
- Payments continue the same financial history
Warrants & Bonds
Enforcement status stays owned by the court.
FTA, court-owned warrants, and bonds remain on the case. When RMS is connected, authorized law-enforcement users can see a warrant while ownership and status still belong to the court that issued it.
- FTA and warrant activity on the case
- Court-owned warrants available to authorized LE users when RMS is connected
- Bonds remain part of the case history
Accounting
Close-out still traces back to the case.
Deposits, revenue allocation, reconciliation, and close-out continue from payments already taken on the docket. Finance works the books without breaking the link to the originating matter.
- Deposits from court receipts
- Allocation and reconciliation on the same activity
- Close-out remains traceable to cases
Collections
Referred balances keep the originating case.
When an account is referred, the balance and collection activity remain connected to the matter. Collections is a continuation of the case, not a second set of books.
- Referral from the case balance
- Collection activity attached to the matter
- The originating record stays available
Texas Reporting
Required reporting from the operational record.
OCA, DPS conviction reporting, and related court packs are produced from the same case data clerks and judges already used. Reporting is an output of the docket, not a parallel system.
- OCA from the underlying case record
- DPS conviction reporting from disposition
- Packs generated from operational court data
Same case
Same case. Different view of the work.
The clerk doesn't need the cashier's drawer, and the cashier doesn't need the clerk's queue. Each role sees the same case from the work they do.
Clerks
See what they need to work the docket.
Cashiers
See the balance on the case in front of them.
Judges
See what happened before they decide.
Administrators
See the court’s work from the same cases.
Finance
See deposits and close-out still tied to the matter.
Explore the screenSelect a number to see how the work moves.
- 1. The balanceSee what is owed on this case before the payment is taken.
- 2. Apply paymentThe receipt stays on the same matter, not a side register.
Where the work continues
Complete on its own. Connected by design.
Court Management doesn't depend on another Thin Line product to run the docket. But when a court also uses RMS or Mobile Citations, the case doesn't have to start from a rebuilt ticket.
RMS
Citations can become court cases, and court-owned warrants remain available to authorized officers when RMS is connected.
Mobile Citations
A citation written in the field can become the start of the court case when both products are in use.
Law Enforcement
The court keeps ownership of the case and of warrants it issues. Officers work from that warrant where policy allows.
Bring your records
Your history belongs to your agency.
Moving to Thin Line shouldn't mean starting over. We work with your existing cases, map the data into Thin Line, and validate the conversion with your court before go-live.
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