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.
Beaver County, Pennsylvania, has about 166,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Beaver County 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, cities and common questions.
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Where a Ticket Written in Beaver County Goes
Tickets in Beaver County go to the Magisterial District Courts, which take traffic tickets, summary offenses, small claims and preliminary hearings; Philadelphia has the Municipal Court instead. 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 beavercountypa.gov/departments/clerk-of-courts, phone 724-770-4590.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Beaver County
The Beaver County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Aliquippa, Economy, Beaver Falls, Ambridge, New Brighton, Monaca and ten more cities write the traffic tickets in Beaver County.
The FBI's agency list also places two other agencies, one campus police department, three state agencies and one state police unit in Beaver County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Beaver County State Police writes the tickets on the state highways.
The Ellwood City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Beaver County, so its arrests are not broken out for Beaver 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 Beaver County DUI).
Cities in Beaver County
Wherever in the county a ticket is written, it is answered in the Magisterial District Courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Beaver County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- Aliquippa (9,003)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Beaver County?
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 Beaver County?
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 Beaver 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.