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What are Acts?

Acts are the laws officers charge people under, like a traffic code or penal code. Each act has its own charge classes (like Misdemeanor or Felony) and a list of charges. You can have up to 20 acts with up to 1,500 charges each. Open Law → Acts in the CAD admin panel. Changes are kept as a draft until you click Save Changes (Ctrl + S).
Manage Acts list with two acts and their charge counts, and the New act button

Acts

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Creating an Act

New servers start with a Uniform Vehicle Code and a General Penal Code you can edit.
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Add the act

Click New act and name it.
2

Add charges

Click Add charge for each charge and fill in the fields below.
3

Save

Click Save Changes.
Use the search box to filter charges, Sort by code to tidy an act, and drag a charge’s handle to reorder it or move it to another act.

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Charges

When Hold For Bond is Yes, the person is held and a bond hearing is created for a judge. Bond fields are turned off when Auto Prosecution is on.
Deleting an act or charge class removes it from any record template charge sections that used it. See Template Editor.

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Sharing and Importing Acts

Click Share Act on an act to get an 8-character code that lasts 7 days. On the other server, click Import Share Code, enter the code, click Import act, then Save Changes.
Export your penal codes from Sonoran CAD as a JSON file. Click Import from Sonoran CAD, upload the file and click Import penal codes. The acts are added to your list and saved straight away. Sonoran has less detail than Melonly, so check the imported charges and fill in any gaps.

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Last modified on October 8, 2026