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 between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Flagler County, Florida, has about 137,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Flagler County 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Flagler County public records, Flagler County arrest records, Flagler County warrants, Flagler County inmate search, Flagler County criminal records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Flagler County Goes
A traffic ticket written in Flagler County is answered in the County Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000. The ticket itself is a court case, and the court's index is the record of it.
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 Flagler County
The Flagler County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Flagler Beach and Bunnell write the traffic tickets in Flagler County.
The FBI's agency list also places one state police unit and five state agencies in Flagler County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Highway Patrol in Flagler County writes the tickets on the state highways.
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 Flagler County DUI).
Cities in Flagler County
Wherever in the county a ticket is written, it is answered in the County Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Flagler County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- Palm Coast (106,729)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Flagler County?
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 Flagler County?
The County Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000.
Is this the official Flagler 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.