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 30, 2026.
Henry County, Indiana, has about 49,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Henry County is a court case in the Henry 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: Henry County public records, Henry County arrest records, Henry County warrants, Henry County inmate search, Henry County criminal records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Henry County Goes
Tickets in Henry County are split by who wrote them: the Henry Circuit and Superior Courts for deputies and troopers, the city and town 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 Henry County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at in.gov/courts/local/henry-county (page title: Indiana Judicial Branch: Henry County), 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 Henry County
The Henry County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for New Castle write the traffic tickets in Henry County.
The Shirley Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Henry County, so its arrests are not broken out for Henry County here.
The Driving Record and the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Convictions are reported by the court to the Indiana Bureau of 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 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 Henry County DUI).
Cities in Henry County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the Henry 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 Henry County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- New Castle (17,382)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Henry County?
With the Henry Circuit and Superior Courts, whose page SearchSystems verified is at in.gov/courts/local/henry-county; 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 Henry County?
The Henry Circuit and Superior Courts, which hear every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
Is this the official Henry 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.