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Welcome To The Redesigned Minnesota Judicial Branch Website!

Posted: Friday, June 26, 2015

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Each day, approximately 20,000 users visit the Minnesota Judicial Branch website, www.mncourts.gov, to find court-related information, access case records, electronically file court documents, and pay fines for traffic tickets and citations. In an effort to improve the usability and navigation of this important public resource – with a focus on providing site visitors quick access to the tools, resources, and information they most frequently utilize – the Minnesota Judicial Branch launched a redesigned www.mncourts.gov.
 
The video below is designed to give new and returning site users a better understanding of the new site layout and features:

 
Highlights of the redesigned site include:
 
  • Improved navigation: One of the primary goals of the redesigned website is to make it as easy as possible for users to quickly find the resources and information they are looking for on the site.  To accomplish this, the redesigned website features a cleaner homepage, improved organization, and a persistent header and footer that provide one-click access to the site’s most frequently used pages and tools. The site also features specialized pages for some of the site’s most frequent visitors: attorneys, jurors, government partners, the media, teachers, and students.
  • Expanded help for court users: The redesigned website features an expanded array of Help Topics to help users with questions about the Minnesota Judicial Branch, or for people who are representing themselves in court. Help Topics range from information on specific types of court proceedings (such as Adoption or Divorce), to help for court users (such as how to electronically file court documents), to information about the Judicial Branch (such as specific courts and court programs). Individual Help Topics provide an overview of the topic, answers to frequently asked questions, links to related court forms and procedures, applicable rules and laws, helpful links and resources, and related videos.
  • Mobile-friendly design: Responding to the growing use of mobile devices by website visitors, the Minnesota Judicial Branch’s redesigned website features a mobile-friendly (or “responsive”) design. This means that the site will automatically adjust to best fit the type and size of device a visitor is using to access the site.
What site users need to know:
  • Existing tools and resources remain: The redesigned website continues to provide access to the same tools and resources users have come to expect from the Minnesota Judicial Branch website. This includes access to appellate court opinions, the online court fine payment system, the eFile and eServe system, and online access to certain district and appellate court case records.
  • E-mail notice subscriptions have transferred: The Minnesota Judicial Branch website gives users the ability to sign up for e-mail notifications related to public notices, court news, appellate court calendars and opinions, and other important information. Users who are currently subscribed to receive these public notices will continue to receive notices from the redesigned site. New users will be able to sign up for subscriptions directly from the www.mncourts.gov homepage.
  • Many URLs have changed: While the website address (URL) www.mncourts.gov remains the same, links to many subpages and documents have changed. For three months, many URLs from the former site will redirect to pages on the redesigned site, but users should update links and bookmarks to the Minnesota Judicial Branch website by the end of September 2015.