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 September 30, 2026.
Clark County, Indiana, has about 127,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Clark County is a court case in the Clark Circuit and Superior Courts; a city with a city and town court tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Indiana Bureau 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Clark County public records, Clark County arrest records, Clark County warrants, Clark County criminal records, Clark County court records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Clark County Goes
A ticket written by a deputy or a state trooper in Clark County goes to the Clark Circuit and Superior Courts; one written by city police goes to that city's city and town court where it has one. Either way the ticket is a court case, and the court's index is the record of it.
For Clark County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at clarkcounty.in.gov/~ccounty/index.php/clark-county-indiana-resident... (page title: Clark County Indiana Courts and Law), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Clark County
The Clark County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Jeffersonville, Clarksville, Sellersburg, Charlestown, Utica and Borden write the traffic tickets in Clark County.
The Driving Record and the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, 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 Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles like any other; contesting it means a plea of not guilty entered with the court by the date on the ticket.
An OWI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (see Clark County DUI).
Cities in Clark County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the Clark Circuit and Superior Courts, or to the city's city and town court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Clark County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- Jeffersonville (52,912)
- Sellersburg (10,057)
- Charlestown (8,559)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Clark County?
With the Clark Circuit and Superior Courts, whose page SearchSystems verified is at clarkcounty.in.gov; a ticket from city police goes to the city's city and town court where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in Indiana?
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Clark County?
The Clark Circuit and Superior Courts, which hear every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
Is this the official Clark 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.