Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Faulkner County, Arkansas, has about 132,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Faulkner County is a court case in the District Court, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Driver Services. 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: Faulkner County public records, Faulkner County arrest records, Faulkner County warrants, Faulkner County inmate search, Faulkner County criminal records, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Faulkner County Goes
A traffic ticket written in Faulkner County is answered in the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims. The ticket itself 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 arcourts.gov/taxonomy/term/101.
Statewide, CourtConnect is the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Faulkner County
The Faulkner County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Conway, Greenbrier, Vilonia, Mayflower and Guy write the traffic tickets in Faulkner County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Faulkner County: the University of Central Arkansas (campus police); the State Park at Woolly Hollow State Park (state agency).
The Quitman Police Department and the Damascus Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Faulkner County, so their arrests are not broken out for Faulkner County here.
The Driving Record and the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Driver Services
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Driver Services, 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 Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Driver Services like any other; contesting it means a plea of not guilty entered with the court by the date on the ticket.
A DWI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the Office of Driver Services (see Faulkner County DUI).
Cities in Faulkner County
Wherever in the county a ticket is written, it is answered in the District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Faulkner County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- Conway (70,711)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Faulkner County?
With the District Court.
Who keeps my driving record in Arkansas?
The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Driver Services. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Faulkner County?
The District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims.
Is this the official Faulkner 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.