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 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Bates County, Missouri, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Bates County is a court case in the Bates County Circuit Court; a city with a municipal divisions tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Missouri Department of Revenue Driver License Bureau. 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: Bates County public records, Bates County arrest records, Bates County warrants, Bates County inmate search, Bates County criminal records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Bates County Goes
A ticket written by a deputy or a state trooper in Bates County goes to the Bates County Circuit Court; one written by city police goes to that city's municipal divisions where it has one. Either way the ticket is a court case, and the court's index is the record of it.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at batescounty.net/bates-county-circuit-court (page title: Bates County Circuit Court | Bates County Courthouse), phone 660-386-7776, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, not to the Bates County Circuit Court.
Statewide, Case.net is the Missouri courts' free statewide case search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Bates County
The Bates County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Butler, Adrian and Rich Hill write the traffic tickets in Bates County.
The Drexel Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Bates County, so its arrests are not broken out for Bates County here.
The Driving Record and the Missouri Department of Revenue Driver License Bureau
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Missouri Department of Revenue Driver License Bureau, 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 Missouri Department of Revenue Driver License Bureau 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 Department of Revenue (see Bates County DUI).
Cities in Bates County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the Bates County Circuit Court, or to the city's municipal divisions where it has one.
The cities and towns in the county are Butler, Adrian, Rich Hill, Hume, Amsterdam, Rockville, Amoret, Foster, Merwin and Passaic.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Bates County?
With the Bates County Circuit Court, whose page SearchSystems verified is at batescounty.net/bates-county-circuit-court, phone 660-386-7776; a ticket from city police goes to the city's municipal divisions where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in Missouri?
The Missouri Department of Revenue Driver License Bureau. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Bates County?
The Bates County Circuit Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case, with associate circuit judges taking misdemeanors, traffic and small claims.
Is this the official Bates County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.