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 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Opelousas, Louisiana, in St. Landry Parish, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Opelousas is a court case in the City Courts and Parish Courts, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Louisiana Office 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 and common questions.
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Where a Ticket Written in Opelousas Goes
A traffic ticket written in Opelousas is answered in the City Courts and Parish Courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small civil claims; mayor's courts handle town ordinance tickets. The ticket itself is a court case, and the court's index is the record of it.
For St. Landry Parish, SearchSystems opened and checked the City Courts and Parish Courts page at stlandry.org/docunet-service/eclerksla-registration-2 (page title: Criminal, Traffic, Civil, & Probate Records (ClerkConnect)), phone (337) 942-5606, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026; that page belongs to the court that takes the tickets.
Louisiana 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 Opelousas
The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Opelousas (filed by the FBI as Opelousas Police Department) write the traffic tickets in and around Opelousas.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in St. Landry Parish: Louisiana State University at Eunice (campus police).
The Driving Record and the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Louisiana Office 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 Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles like any other; contesting it means a plea of not guilty entered with the court by the date on the ticket.
A DWI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the Office of Motor Vehicles (see Opelousas DUI).
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Opelousas?
With the City Courts and Parish Courts, whose page SearchSystems verified is at stlandry.org, phone (337) 942-5606.
Who keeps my driving record in Louisiana?
The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Opelousas?
The City Courts and Parish Courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small civil claims; mayor's courts handle town ordinance tickets.
Is this the official Opelousas website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, parish, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.