Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Dallas County, Alabama, has about 36,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Dallas County is a court case in the District Court; a city with a municipal court tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. 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: Dallas County public records, Dallas County arrest records, Dallas County warrants, Dallas County inmate search, Dallas County criminal records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Dallas County Goes
A ticket written by a deputy or a state trooper in Dallas County goes to the District Court; one written by city police goes to that city's municipal court where it has one. Either way the ticket is a court case, and the court's index is the record of it.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at dallas.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 874-2523.
Statewide, Alacourt is the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription.
Who Writes the Tickets in Dallas County
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Selma write the traffic tickets in Dallas County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Dallas County: Wallace Community College at Selma (campus police).
The Driving Record and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, 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 Alabama Law Enforcement Agency 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 ALEA (see Dallas County DUI).
Cities in Dallas County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the District Court, or to the city's municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Dallas County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- Selma (16,312)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Dallas County?
With the District Court; a ticket from city police goes to the city's municipal court where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in Alabama?
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Dallas County?
The District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and preliminary hearings in felony cases. A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets under its ordinances.
Is this the official Dallas County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.