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 1, 2026.
Columbus, Mississippi, in Lowndes County, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Columbus is a court case in the Justice Court and County Court; a city with a municipal court tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Columbus public records, Lowndes County traffic tickets, Columbus arrest records, Columbus warrants, Columbus inmate search, Columbus criminal records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Columbus Goes
Tickets in Columbus are split by who wrote them: the Justice Court and County Court for deputies and troopers, the municipal courts for city officers in the cities that run one. A paid ticket, a dismissal and a trial all end up in that court's records.
For Lowndes County, SearchSystems opened and checked the Justice Court and County Court page at lowndescountyms.com/177/Lowndes-County-Courts (page title: Lowndes County Courts | Lowndes County, MS), phone 662-329-5884, 1121 Main Street Columbus, MS 39701, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026; that page belongs to the court that takes the tickets.
Mississippi 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 Columbus
The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Columbus (filed by the FBI as Columbus Police Department) write the traffic tickets in and around Columbus.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Lowndes County: East Mississippi Community College at Communiversity and Mississippi University for Women (campus police).
The Driving Record and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau
Convictions are reported by the court to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service 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 Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau like any other; contesting it means a plea of not guilty entered with the court by the date on the ticket.
A DUI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the Department of Public Safety (see Columbus DUI).
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Columbus?
With the Justice Court and County Court, whose page SearchSystems verified is at lowndescountyms.com/177/Lowndes-County-Courts, phone 662-329-5884; a ticket from city police goes to the city's municipal court where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in Mississippi?
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Columbus?
The Justice Court and County Court, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims in the Justice Court; the County Court, where the county has one, takes eminent domain, juvenile and mid-sized civil cases. A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets under its ordinances.
Is this the official Columbus website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.