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Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, has about 254,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Lafayette 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.
Related guides: Lafayette Parish public records, Lafayette Parish arrest records, Lafayette Parish warrants, Lafayette Parish inmate search, Lafayette Parish criminal records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Lafayette Parish Goes
A traffic ticket written in Lafayette Parish 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the parish is at lpclerk.com/online-records, phone (337)291-6303.
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 Lafayette Parish
The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Lafayette, Youngsville, Broussard, Carencro and Scott write the traffic tickets in Lafayette Parish.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Lafayette Parish: the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and South Louisiana Community College (campus police).
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 Lafayette Parish DUI).
Cities in Lafayette Parish
Wherever in the parish a ticket is written, it is answered in the City Courts and Parish Courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Lafayette Parish, with the 2024 Census Bureau population:
- Broussard (15,312)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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.