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Akron municipal court says Tyler migration revealed ~7,000 unpaid cases and $1.7M in owed fines
Summary
Clerk Sandra Kurt told council that switching to Tyler Enterprise Justice uncovered about 7,000 dormant cases dating back roughly 15 years; the court has referred roughly $1.7 million to collections and began newly collecting a 2% poundage on garnishments that produces about $10,000 per month.
Sandra Kurt, the clerk of Akron Municipal Court, told the finance committee that the court completed its migration to Tyler Enterprise Justice on Sept. 1, 2025, and the data-transfer work uncovered thousands of previously uncollected cases.
"We discovered 7,000 unpaid cases that had not been sent to collections by the prior administrations," Kurt said. The clerk told council those files go back approximately 15 years and…
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