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 26, 2026.
Dover, Delaware, in Kent County, has about 40,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Dover is a court case in the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Delaware 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Dover public records, Kent County traffic tickets, Dover arrest records, Dover warrants, Dover inmate search, Dover criminal records, Delaware arrest records and Delaware inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Dover Goes
Tickets in Dover go to the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts, which take misdemeanors in the Court of Common Pleas, traffic cases and small civil claims in the Justice of the Peace Courts. A paid ticket, a dismissal and a trial all end up in that court's records.
For Kent County, SearchSystems opened and checked the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts page at courts.delaware.gov/aoc/kccourthouse (page title: Kent County Courthouse | Administrative Office of the Courts | Delaware Courts | State of Delaware), phone 302.735.1900, 414 Federal Street Dover, DE 19901, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026; that page belongs to the court that takes the tickets.
Statewide, CourtConnect is the Delaware courts' free online case search for civil cases and judgments.
Who Writes the Tickets in Dover
The state police or the town police and the agency that reports for Dover (filed by the FBI as Dover Police Department) write the traffic tickets in and around Dover.
In Delaware the police for a given address is the town police in a town with its own department and the Delaware State Police elsewhere.
The FBI's agency list also places seven state agencies, one other agency, one state police unit and one campus police department in Kent County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Kent County State Police writes the tickets on the state highways.
The Milford Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Kent County, so its arrests are not broken out for Kent County here.
The Driving Record and the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles
Convictions are reported by the court to the Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Dover DUI).
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Dover?
With the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts, whose page SearchSystems verified is at courts.delaware.gov/aoc/kccourthouse, phone 302.735.1900.
Who keeps my driving record in Delaware?
The Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Dover?
The Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts, which take misdemeanors in the Court of Common Pleas, traffic cases and small civil claims in the Justice of the Peace Courts.
Is this the official Dover website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.