Waiving Fines And Collecting Money At Check-In
Millennium Circulation allows you to collect money or waive fines at the time of check in, using Check In - Patron Present.

Scan in the items you wish to check in. The system retrieves the patron record and checks in the items. Select the items for which you will be collecting money or waiving charges, then click either the Collect Money or Waive Charges button, as appropriate.



If you click on the Collect Money button,



you will be allowed to specify the amount to collect.



If you enter less than the total amount due, you will be asked if you want to waive the remaining fines.



NOTE: You cannot specify the specific amount to be waived, so you should always choose Collect Money for both partial and full payments. If you choose the Waive Charges button, it will always waive the total amount selected.


A receipt dialog will display. You can print the receipt, or click OK to close the dialog without printing.



After checking in items for one patron, if you check in an item for another patron, by default Millennium Circulation clears the Total box of any fines the previous patron accumulated.

However, if the Collect Money For Multiple Patrons option is enabled on your system, Millennium Circulation continues to display the fines accumulated by previous patrons. This allows you to collect fines for multiple patrons.



After selecting the items you want, you can collect money or waive charges. Note that the receipt will show all money collected for all patrons.



If you want to clear the Total box before you scan an item for a different patron, choose the Close icon. Otherwise the checked in items, and any fines accumulated, for all patrons will continue to display.



Millennium Circulation adds all fines to the patron record when you check in an item. The Waive charges on items being checked in box is an optional feature that allows you to waive all fines that would have been assessed during the check in session.



By default, the Waive charges on items being checked in check box is present but not selected. This feature is available in both Check In - Patron Present and Check In - No Patron.

If the Waive charges on items being checked in box is selected before you check in any items, Millennium Circulation does not assess any fines for those overdue items that are checked in. Note that the status column will show any amount waived.



For additional information, refer to the User Manual, Page # 100095: Collecting Money at Check-in & Page # 100094:Waiving Fines at Check-in