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 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida, in Volusia County, has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in New Smyrna Beach is a court case in the County Court, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and 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.
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Where a Ticket Written in New Smyrna Beach Goes
Tickets in New Smyrna Beach go to the County Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000. 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 clerk.org/Search-Records.aspx, phone (386) 736-5915.
Florida 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 New Smyrna Beach
The Volusia County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for New Smyrna Beach (filed by the FBI as New Smyrna Beach Police Department) write the traffic tickets in and around New Smyrna Beach.
The FBI's agency list also places one other agency, five state agencies and one state police unit in Volusia County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Highway Patrol in Volusia County writes the tickets on the state highways.
The Flagler Beach Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Volusia County, so its arrests are not broken out for Volusia County here.
The Driving Record and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Convictions are reported by the court to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and 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 Florida Department of Highway Safety and 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 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (see New Smyrna Beach DUI).
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from New Smyrna Beach?
With the County Court.
Who keeps my driving record in Florida?
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in New Smyrna Beach?
The County Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000.
Is this the official New Smyrna Beach 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.