CJA eVoucher

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eVoucher Payment Notice:  As of the week of July 7, 2025, Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel attorney funds have been depleted. Panel payments will be deferred until funds become available. Please continue to file, process, and approve CJA vouchers as normal during the payment deferrals so that payments can be disbursed as soon as funding is available. The Judiciary will continue to seek every opportunity to obtain additional funding to meet this need.  

Login.gov & eVoucher

All attorneys and experts must have a Login.gov account to sign in to CJA eVoucher.  If you do not already have a Login.gov account, you will need to create an account, complete the identity verification process, and set up a multi-factor authentication method before being able to access CJA eVoucher.  For users with an existing Login.gov account, you will be able to link your account to your CJA eVoucher Single Login Profile the first time you sign in.

• eVoucher with Login.gov Instructions
• eVoucher with Login.gov Video
• eVoucher with Login.gov FAQs

Single Login Profile

Your eVoucher Single Login Profile will be linked to Login.gov to login to eVoucher. If you have more than one eVoucher account, you will be able to link them to a single login and switch between accounts from within eVoucher without having to maintain separate logins.

• Creating a Single Login Profile (PDF) (Video)
• Modifying Single Login Profile and Security Questions (PDF) (Video)
• Modifying Court Profile (PDF)

• If You Get an Expired Link Message . . .  

Vendor Management System (VMS)

Beginning March 15, 2025, all attorneys and experts must register with the Vendor Management System (VMS) and set up at least one payment account with their tax and banking information. Vouchers submitted for payment after March 15, 2025, will be paid via EFT to the payment account on file. The first time a user logs into eVoucher on or after March 15, 2025, they will be prompted to register for VMS.

Vendor and payment account information in VMS will not be available for use in CJA eVoucher until it passes the IRS TIN and name verification.  It can take up to 96 hours to receive an email from Vendor manager confirming “IRS TIN and Name successfully matched IRS Records.”  If the TIN/Name verification with the IRS fails, users can access the IRS online to request their EIN information at this link: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/employer-identification-number#lostormisplaced.  Alternatively, users can call the IRS Business & Specialty Tax Line at 800-829-4933 and ask the IRS to search for their EIN.

• Create VMS Payment Account with SSN
• Create VMS Payment Account with EIN
• VMS Authorized Agent for Shared EIN Payment Accounts

eVoucher FAQs

• Connecting & Signing On
• Voucher for Fees & Expenses
• VMS FAQs
• Printing
• Creating Other Vouchers
• Quick Tips

Vendor Management System (VMS) FAQs

• What information do I have to provide in the Vendor Management System?
• How will attorneys and experts be notified when EFT payments are processed?
• What will happen to vouchers that were submitted before the launch of VMS?
• My payment account needs to be associated with my firm EIN.  Other attorneys also need to associate their payment accounts with their EIN.  What do we do? 
• Is the Vendor Management System secure? 

Training

• CJA eVoucher Attorney Manual
• CJA eVoucher Expert Manual

Payment Memoranda

• CJA 20 Payment Memo (HTML)
• Capital Budgeting & Payment (HTML)
• Checklist for CJA 20 and 30 Vouchers

Contact

For questions or inquiries about the Fourth Circuit's eVoucher system, contact the Fourth Circuit CJA Help Desk at
4cca-cja@ca4.uscourts.gov (804) 916-2703.