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 26, 2026.
Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County, has about 5,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Clarks Summit is a court case in the Magisterial District Courts, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. 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 Clarks Summit Goes
A traffic ticket written in Clarks Summit is answered in the Magisterial District Courts, which take traffic tickets, summary offenses, small claims and preliminary hearings; Philadelphia has the Municipal Court instead. 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 lackawannacounty.org/government/elected_officials/clerk_of_judicial..., phone 814-472-6146.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Clarks Summit
The Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Clarks Summit (filed by the FBI as Clarks Summit Police Department) write the traffic tickets in and around Clarks Summit.
The FBI's agency list also places four state agencies, five other agencies, three campus police departments and one state police unit in Lackawanna County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Lackawanna County State Police writes the tickets on the state highways.
The Forest City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lackawanna County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lackawanna County here.
The Driving Record and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 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 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation like any other; contesting it means a plea of not guilty entered with the court by the date on the ticket.
A DUI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before PennDOT (see Clarks Summit DUI).
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Clarks Summit?
With the Magisterial District Courts.
Who keeps my driving record in Pennsylvania?
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Clarks Summit?
The Magisterial District Courts, which take traffic tickets, summary offenses, small claims and preliminary hearings; Philadelphia has the Municipal Court instead.
Is this the official Clarks Summit 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.