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Clark County, Ohio, has about 135,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Clark County 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Clark County public records, Clark County arrest records, Clark County warrants, Clark County inmate search, Clark County criminal records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Clark County Goes
A traffic ticket written in Clark County 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at clarkcountyohio.gov/93/Clerk-of-Courts, phone (937) 521-1680.
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 Clark County
The Clark County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Springfield, Enon, South Charleston, North Hampton, South Vienna, Tremont City and one more cities write the traffic tickets in Clark County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Clark County: the Clark County Park District (other agency).
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 (see Clark County DUI).
Cities in Clark County
Wherever in the county a ticket is written, it is answered in the Municipal and County Courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Clark County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population:
- Springfield (58,138)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Clark County?
With the Municipal and County Courts.
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 Clark County?
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 Clark 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.