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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, has about 131,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Bossier Parish 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, cities and common questions.
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Where a Ticket Written in Bossier Parish Goes
Tickets in Bossier Parish go to the City Courts and Parish Courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small civil claims; mayor's courts handle town ordinance tickets. A paid ticket, a dismissal and a trial all end up in that court's records.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the parish is at bossierclerk.com.
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 Bossier Parish
The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Bossier City, Haughton, Benton and Plain Dealing write the traffic tickets in Bossier Parish.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Bossier Parish: Louisiana State University at Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana State University at Shreveport and Southern University and A&M College at Shreveport (campus police).
The Shreveport Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Bossier Parish, so its arrests are not broken out for Bossier Parish here.
The Driving Record and the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles
Convictions are reported by the court to the Louisiana Office 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 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 Bossier Parish DUI).
Cities in Bossier Parish
Wherever in the parish a ticket is written, it is answered in the City Courts and Parish Courts.
The cities and towns in the parish are Bossier City, Haughton, Benton and Plain Dealing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Bossier Parish?
With the City Courts and Parish Courts.
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 Bossier Parish?
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 Bossier Parish website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official parish, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.