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 on September 23, 2026.
Ulster County, New York, has about 183,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Ulster County is a court case in the city, town and village courts, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the New York State 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.
Related guides: Ulster County public records, Ulster County arrest records, Ulster County warrants, Ulster County inmate search, Ulster County criminal records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Ulster County Goes
Tickets in Ulster County go to the city, town and village courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims. 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 clerk.ulstercountyny.gov/countyclerk/court-records, phone (845) 340-3288.
Statewide, eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
Who Writes the Tickets in Ulster County
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Kingston, New Paltz, Ellenville and Saugerties write the traffic tickets in Ulster County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Ulster County: the Ulster County New York City Department of Environmental Police and Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (other agency); the New Paltz State University of New York Police (campus police).
The Driving Record and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
Convictions are reported by the court to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, 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 New York State 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 DWI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the DMV (see Ulster County DUI).
Cities in Ulster County
Wherever in the county a ticket is written, it is answered in the city, town and village courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Ulster County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- Kingston (23,748)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Ulster County?
With the city, town and village courts.
Who keeps my driving record in New York?
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Ulster County?
The city, town and village courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims.
Is this the official Ulster 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.