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 on September 24, 2026.
Russell County, Alabama, has about 59,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Russell 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: Russell County public records, Russell County arrest records, Russell County warrants, Russell County inmate search, Russell County criminal records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Russell County Goes
Tickets in Russell County are split by who wrote them: the District Court for deputies and troopers, the municipal courts for city officers in the cities that run one. A paid ticket, a dismissal and a trial all end up in that court's records.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at russell.alacourt.gov/record-request-and-copies.
Statewide, Alacourt is the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription.
Who Writes the Tickets in Russell County
The Russell County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Phenix City write the traffic tickets in Russell County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Russell County: Chattahoochee Valley Community College (campus police).
The Driving Record and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
Convictions are reported by the court to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, which keeps the driving record and decides on points and suspensions. Order the driving record from that agency, not from the court.
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 Russell County DUI).
Cities in Russell 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 Russell County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- Phenix City (38,509)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Russell 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 Russell 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 Russell 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.