State officials said Tuesday that the portal that allows anyone to search Kansas district court cases online is back up and running for the first time since it was temporarily incapacitated by an October 12 cyberattack.
The Kansas Judicial Branch said the information within the system is temporarily out of date while courts in 102 of the state’s 105 counties, representing 29 of the state’s 31 judicial districts, work to input case information filed on paper over the past two and a half months. The cyberattack also impacted the state’s eCourt case management system which district courts use to process cases.
Chief Justice Marla Luckert said in a statement Tuesday that the free online search for district court cases has become their most popular service. She says “restoring the ability to search case information online is yet another major milestone in our restoration plan.”
Online payments can now be made, but officials say payments processed October 12 and after may not appear in the payment portal. The Central Payment Office is working diligently to log those payments in a timely manner.
