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 October 9, 2026.
St. Louis County, Missouri, has about 993,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in St. Louis County is a court case in the St. Louis 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: St. Louis County public records, St. Louis County arrest records, St. Louis County warrants, St. Louis County inmate search, St. Louis County criminal records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in St. Louis County Goes
A ticket written by a deputy or a state trooper in St. Louis County goes to the St. Louis 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.
Statewide, Case.net is the Missouri courts' free statewide case search.
Who Writes the Tickets in St. Louis County
The agency that reports for Eureka writes the traffic tickets in St. Louis County.
The FBI's agency list also places two other agencies and three campus police departments in St. Louis County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Pacific Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including St. Louis County, so its arrests are not broken out for St. Louis County here.
The Driving Record and the Missouri Department of Revenue Driver License Bureau
Convictions are reported by the court to the Missouri Department of Revenue Driver License Bureau, 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 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 St. Louis County DUI).
Cities in St. Louis County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the St. Louis County Circuit Court, or to the city's municipal divisions where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in St. Louis County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population:
- Wildwood (35,082)
- University City (34,349)
- Kirkwood (29,348)
- Maryland Heights (27,671)
- Hazelwood (24,951)
- Webster Groves (23,525)
- Creve Coeur (18,533)
- Manchester (18,122)
- Ferguson (18,043)
- Clayton (17,512)
- Overland (15,547)
- Eureka (13,277)
- Jennings (13,024)
- St. Ann (12,704)
- Crestwood (12,239)
- Town and Country (11,625)
- Bridgeton (11,301)
- Bellefontaine Neighbors (10,401)
- Ellisville (10,359)
- Ladue (8,937)
- Brentwood (8,111)
- Maplewood (8,077)
- Berkeley (8,058)
- Shrewsbury (6,263)
- Glendale (6,082)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from St. Louis County?
With the St. Louis County Circuit Court; 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 St. Louis County?
The St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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.