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.
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, has about 278,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in St. Tammany 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: St. Tammany Parish public records, St. Tammany Parish arrest records, St. Tammany Parish warrants, St. Tammany Parish inmate search, St. Tammany Parish criminal records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in St. Tammany Parish Goes
A traffic ticket written in St. Tammany 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 sttammanyclerk.org, phone (985) 809-8700.
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 St. Tammany Parish
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Slidell, Mandeville, Covington, Pearl River and Folsom write the traffic tickets in St. Tammany Parish.
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 St. Tammany Parish DUI).
Cities in St. Tammany 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 St. Tammany Parish, with the 2024 Census Bureau population:
- Mandeville (12,973)
- Covington (11,686)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from St. Tammany 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 St. Tammany 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 St. Tammany 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.