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Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, has about 48,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Lincoln 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 Lincoln Parish Goes
A traffic ticket written in Lincoln 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 lincolnparish.gov/clerk-court/page/links-clerk-court, phone 318-251-5130.
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 Lincoln Parish
The Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Ruston and Grambling write the traffic tickets in Lincoln Parish.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Lincoln Parish: Grambling State University and Louisiana Tech University (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 Lincoln Parish DUI).
Cities in Lincoln 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 Ruston, Grambling, Choudrant, Dubach, Simsboro and Vienna.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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.