SearchSystems Editorial

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 on September 23, 2026.

About this guide

Medina County, Ohio, has about 185,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Medina 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: Medina County public records, Medina County arrest records, Medina County warrants, Medina County criminal records, Medina County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.

Where a Ticket Written in Medina County Goes

A traffic ticket written in Medina 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.

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 Medina County

The Medina County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Brunswick (township), Brunswick, Medina (township), Medina, Wadsworth, Lodi and three more cities write the traffic tickets in Medina County.

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

Convictions are reported by the court to the Ohio Bureau 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 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.

Cities in Medina 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 Medina County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Medina County?

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 Medina 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 Medina 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.