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Blair County, Pennsylvania, has about 120,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Blair 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.
Related guides: Blair County public records, Blair County arrest records, Blair County warrants, Blair County criminal records, Blair County court records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Blair County Goes
A traffic ticket written in Blair County 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 ujsportal.pacourts.us/casesearch.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Blair County
The Blair County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Altoona, Hollidaysburg, Tyrone, Roaring Spring, Martinsburg, Bellwood and two more cities write the traffic tickets in Blair County.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department, three state agencies, one other agency and one state police unit in Blair County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Blair County State Police writes the tickets on the state highways.
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 Blair County DUI).
Cities in Blair 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 Blair County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population:
- Altoona (42,719)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Blair 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 Blair 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 Blair 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.