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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Multnomah County, Oregon, has about 796,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Multnomah County is a court case in the Multnomah County Circuit Court; a city with a municipal and justice court tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services. 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: Multnomah County public records, Multnomah County arrest records, Multnomah County warrants, Multnomah County inmate search, Multnomah County criminal records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Multnomah County Goes
Tickets in Multnomah County are split by who wrote them: the Multnomah County Circuit Court for deputies and troopers, the municipal and justice courts for city officers in the cities that run one. 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 courts.oregon.gov/courts/multnomah/records/pages/default.aspx (page title: Oregon Judicial Department : Court Records | Home : Court Records : State of Oregon), phone 971-274-0570, 1200 SW 1st Ave Room 3315 Portland, OR 97204, Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 10:30am, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, Oregon eCourt Case Information is the Oregon Judicial Department's online case search, free for basic case information.
Who Writes the Tickets in Multnomah County
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Portland and Gresham write the traffic tickets in Multnomah County.
The FBI's agency list also places one state police unit, two other agencies, one state agency and one campus police department in Multnomah County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Multnomah County State Police writes the tickets on the state highways.
The Lake Oswego Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Multnomah County, so its arrests are not broken out for Multnomah County here.
The Driving Record and the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services, 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 Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services like any other; contesting it means a plea of not guilty entered with the court by the date on the ticket.
A DUII is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the DMV (see Multnomah County DUI).
Cities in Multnomah County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the Multnomah County Circuit Court, or to the city's municipal and justice court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Multnomah 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 Multnomah County?
With the Multnomah County Circuit Court, whose page SearchSystems verified is at courts.oregon.gov, phone 971-274-0570; a ticket from city police goes to the city's municipal and justice court where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in Oregon?
The Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Multnomah County?
The Multnomah County Circuit Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
Is this the official Multnomah 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.