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Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is a court case in the District Court, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles. This guide says which court takes the ticket, who writes them and where the driving record lives.
This guide covers where tickets go, who writes them, the driving record, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Ketchikan Gateway Borough public records, Ketchikan Gateway Borough arrest records, Ketchikan Gateway Borough warrants, Ketchikan Gateway Borough criminal records, Ketchikan Gateway Borough court records, Alaska arrest records and Alaska inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Ketchikan Gateway Borough Goes
Tickets in Ketchikan Gateway Borough go to the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims. A paid ticket, a dismissal and a trial all end up in that court's records.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the borough is at courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/1ke.htm, phone 907-225-3195.
Statewide, CourtView is the Alaska Court System's free statewide case search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Ketchikan Gateway Borough
The agency that reports for Ketchikan and, elsewhere, the Alaska State Troopers write the traffic tickets in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
In Alaska the police for a given address is the city police inside a city with its own department and the Alaska State Troopers elsewhere.
The Driving Record and the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles, which adds each conviction the court reports and handles suspensions; the court does not issue driving records.
Paying a ticket is a conviction, reported to the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles like any other; contesting it means a plea of not guilty entered with the court by the date on the ticket.
A DUI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the Division of Motor Vehicles (see Ketchikan Gateway Borough DUI).
Cities in Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Wherever in the borough a ticket is written, it is answered in the District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, with the 2024 Census Bureau population:
- Ketchikan (8,033)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Ketchikan Gateway Borough?
With the District Court.
Who keeps my driving record in Alaska?
The Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Ketchikan Gateway Borough?
The District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims.
Is this the official Ketchikan Gateway Borough website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official borough, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.