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 October 2, 2026.
Forest Park, Georgia, in Clayton County, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Forest Park is a court case in the State Court and Magistrate Court; a city with a municipal court tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Georgia Department 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Forest Park public records, Clayton County traffic tickets, Forest Park arrest records, Forest Park warrants, Forest Park inmate search, Forest Park criminal records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Forest Park Goes
Tickets in Forest Park are split by who wrote them: the State Court and Magistrate 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 weba.claytoncountyga.gov/casinqsvr/htdocs/index.shtml.
Georgia 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 Forest Park
The Clayton County Police Department and the agency that reports for Forest Park (filed by the FBI as Forest Park Police Department) write the traffic tickets in and around Forest Park.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Clayton County: Clayton State University (campus police); Clayton County Schools (other agency).
The College Park Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Clayton County, so its arrests are not broken out for Clayton County here.
The Driving Record and the Georgia Department of Driver Services
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Georgia Department 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 Georgia Department 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 DUI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the Department of Driver Services (see Forest Park DUI).
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Forest Park?
With the State Court and Magistrate Court; a ticket from city police goes to the city's municipal court where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in Georgia?
The Georgia Department of Driver Services. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Forest Park?
The State Court and Magistrate Court, which take misdemeanors and traffic cases in the State Court where the county has one, otherwise in the Probate Court; small claims and warrants in the Magistrate Court. A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets under its ordinances.
Is this the official Forest Park 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.