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 September 25, 2026.
Wadsworth, Ohio, in Medina County, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Wadsworth is a court case in the Municipal and County Courts, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Ohio Bureau 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 and common questions.
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Where a Ticket Written in Wadsworth Goes
A traffic ticket written in Wadsworth is answered in the Municipal and County Courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases, evictions and civil cases up to $15,000; mayor's courts handle some village tickets. The ticket itself is a court case, and the court's index is the record of it.
For Medina County, SearchSystems opened and checked the Municipal and County Courts page at medinamunicipalcourt.org (page title: Medina Municipal Court), phone 330-241-4385, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026; that page belongs to the court that takes the tickets.
Ohio 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 Wadsworth
The Medina County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Wadsworth (filed by the FBI as Wadsworth Police Department) write the traffic tickets in and around Wadsworth.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Medina County: the Medina County Park District and Medina County Drug Task Force (other agency).
The Creston Police Department and the Rittman Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Medina County, so their arrests are not broken out for Medina County here.
The Driving Record and the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Ohio Bureau 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 Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles like any other; contesting it means a plea of not guilty entered with the court by the date on the ticket.
An OVI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Wadsworth?
With the Municipal and County Courts, whose page SearchSystems verified is at medinamunicipalcourt.org, phone 330-241-4385.
Who keeps my driving record in Ohio?
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Wadsworth?
The Municipal and County Courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases, evictions and civil cases up to $15,000; mayor's courts handle some village tickets.
Is this the official Wadsworth 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.