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Lyon County, Nevada, has about 64,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Lyon County is a court case in the Justice Court; a city with a municipal court tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Nevada Department 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.
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Where a Ticket Written in Lyon County Goes
A ticket written by a deputy or a state trooper in Lyon County goes to the Justice 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.
Nevada 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 Lyon County
The Lyon County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Yerington write the traffic tickets in Lyon County.
The Driving Record and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Nevada Department 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 Nevada Department 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 DUI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the Department of Motor Vehicles (see Lyon County DUI).
Cities in Lyon County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the Justice Court, or to the city's municipal court where it has one.
The cities and towns in the county are Fernley and Yerington.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Lyon County?
With the Justice Court; a ticket from city police goes to the city's municipal court where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in Nevada?
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Lyon County?
The Justice Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, evictions and civil cases up to $15,000. A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets under its ordinances.
Is this the official Lyon 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.