Reviewed and updated October 11, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026.
Arapahoe County, Colorado, has about 667,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Arapahoe County is a court case in the County Court; a city with a municipal court tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Colorado 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.
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Where a Ticket Written in Arapahoe County Goes
Tickets in Arapahoe County are split by who wrote them: the County 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 arapahoeco.gov/your_county/county_departments/courts/index.php, phone 303-795-4520.
Colorado has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Writes the Tickets in Arapahoe County
The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Aurora, Centennial, Littleton, Englewood, Greenwood Village, Cherry Hills Village and four more cities write the traffic tickets in Arapahoe County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Arapahoe County: Arapahoe Community College (campus police).
The Driving Record and the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles
Convictions are reported by the court to the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles, 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 Colorado 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 Arapahoe County DUI).
Cities in Arapahoe County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the County Court, or to the city's municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Arapahoe County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population:
- Aurora (403,130)
- Centennial (108,853)
- Littleton (44,879)
- Englewood (35,238)
- Greenwood Village (15,288)
- Sheridan (5,932)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Arapahoe County?
With the County Court; a ticket from city police goes to the city's municipal court where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in Colorado?
The Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Arapahoe County?
The County Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and civil cases up to $25,000. A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets under its ordinances.
Is this the official Arapahoe 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.