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.
Guilford County, North Carolina, has about 559,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Guilford County is a court case in the District Court, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the North Carolina Division 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: Guilford County public records, Guilford County arrest records, Guilford County warrants, Guilford County inmate search, Guilford County criminal records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Guilford County Goes
Tickets in Guilford County go to the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, divorces, child custody, small claims and civil cases up to $25,000. A paid ticket, a dismissal and a trial all end up in that court's records.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at nccourts.gov/locations/guilford-county.
Statewide, eCourts Portal is the North Carolina Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Guilford County
The Guilford County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Greensboro, High Point and Gibsonville write the traffic tickets in Guilford County.
The FBI's agency list also places four campus police departments and one other agency in Guilford County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Kernersville Police Department, the Burlington Police Department and the Archdale Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Guilford County, so their arrests are not broken out for Guilford County here.
The Driving Record and the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles, 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 North Carolina Division 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 Division of Motor Vehicles (see Guilford County DUI).
Cities in Guilford County
Wherever in the county a ticket is written, it is answered in the District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Guilford County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- Greensboro (307,381)
- High Point (118,601)
- Summerfield (11,333)
- Gibsonville (9,744)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Guilford County?
With the District Court.
Who keeps my driving record in North Carolina?
The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Guilford County?
The District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, divorces, child custody, small claims and civil cases up to $25,000.
Is this the official Guilford 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.