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Kemper County, Mississippi, has about 8,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Kemper County 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Kemper County public records, Kemper County arrest records, Kemper County warrants, Kemper County inmate search, Kemper County criminal records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Kemper County Goes
A ticket written by a deputy or a state trooper in Kemper County goes to the Justice Court and County Court; one written by city police goes to that city's municipal court 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 kempercountyms.gov/courts, phone (601)656-1881.
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 Kemper County
The Kemper County Sheriff's Office writes the traffic tickets in Kemper County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Kemper County: East Mississippi Community College at Scooba and East Mississippi Community College at Golden Triangle (campus police).
The Driving Record and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service 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 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 Kemper County DUI).
Cities in Kemper County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the Justice Court and County Court, or to the city's municipal court where it has one.
The cities and towns in the county are De Kalb and Scooba.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Kemper County?
With the Justice Court and County Court; 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 Kemper County?
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 Kemper 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.