Search for a Case or Person

You can search three ways:

• Case Search by ID: Search by case identifier in a source system: PRISM, MAXIS, METS, or SSIS.
• Person Search by ID: Search by person identifier: SMI, MAXIS PMI, PRISM MCI, SSIS SWNDX, or MNsure ID.
• Advanced Person Search by Demographics: Search by person name, gender, birth date, approximate age, Social Security Number (SSN), or alien ID.

1. In the Source list, select PRISM, MAXIS, METS, or SSIS.
2. In the Case ID field, type the complete case ID. To clear the field, click the x next to the field.

3. Click the Search button.

   

4. To return to the Search page, click the Search button on the navigation bar.

   

1. In the ID Type list, select SMI, MAXIS PMI, PRISM MCI, SSIS SWNDX, or MNsure ID.
2. In the Person ID field, type the complete person ID. To clear the field, click the x next to the field.
   Tip: If necessary, add leading zeros to complete the required number of digits, which is displayed above the Search button. For example, if the SMI ID is only seven digits (example: 2822441), add two leading zeros (example: 00282441).

3. Click the Search button.

   

4. To return to the Search page, click the Search button on the navigation bar.

   

1. Click Advanced Person Search.

2. Enter information in one of the fields with a yellow left border. More information on field entry is on the right side of the Advanced Person Search page.

   

3. Click the Search button.

4. To return to the Search page, click the Search button on the navigation bar.

   

• To reduce the number of search results, enter information in more fields.
• Initially, SMI, the source system for the person data, controls the order in which the results are displayed.
• To re-sort the results, click a column header. To reverse the order, click the column header again.

• To view the case file for a person, click the person’s name in the Name column.

  

• To page through a multi-page list, click a page number at the bottom of the list.

• To clear the search fields and the search results, click the Clear All button.

  

Why can I not find a case?

The case may be privileged or blocked.

You can personalize how search works when you sign in to ECF Next. See Settings.

Authorized workers only: If a person is not found in the Advanced Person Search, you can add the person to SMI. A person must have an SMI ID before you can add content to the ECF Next content repository.

1. In the search results, click the Add New Person button. You are redirected to the DHS Shared Master Index (SMI) page.

   

2. Log in with your state ID and password.
3. Add the person.

On the Last Visited Cases and Persons panel, you can go directly to the last 10 visited case and person files without doing a search. See Last Visited Cases and Persons.