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.
Cobb County, Georgia, has about 788,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Cobb County 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Cobb County public records, Cobb County arrest records, Cobb County warrants, Cobb County inmate search, Cobb County criminal records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Cobb County Goes
Tickets in Cobb County 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.
For Cobb County, SearchSystems opened and checked the State Court and Magistrate Court page at cobbcounty.gov/magistrate-court/magistrate-court-judicial-records-s... (page title: Magistrate Court Judicial Records Search | Cobb County Georgia), phone (770) 528-8900, 32 Waddell Street Marietta, GA 30090, Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026; that page belongs to the court that takes the tickets.
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 Cobb County
The Cobb County Sheriff's Office, the Cobb County Police Department and the agencies that report for Marietta, Smyrna, Kennesaw, Acworth, Powder Springs and Austell write the traffic tickets in Cobb County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Cobb County: Kennesaw State University (campus police); Cobb County Board of Education (other agency); the State Patrol at Marietta (state police); the State Patrol at Marietta writes the tickets on the state highways.
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 Cobb County DUI).
Cities in Cobb County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the State Court and Magistrate Court, or to the city's municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Cobb County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Cobb County?
With the State Court and Magistrate Court, whose page SearchSystems verified is at cobbcounty.gov, phone (770) 528-8900; 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 Cobb County?
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 Cobb 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.