Reviewed and updated October 11, 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 October 11, 2026.
Butler County, Pennsylvania, has about 199,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Butler 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 Butler County Goes
A traffic ticket written in Butler 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 butlercountypa.gov/242/Court-Case-Schedules, phone 724-284-5305.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Butler County
The Butler County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Butler (township), Butler, Zelienople, Slippery Rock, Evans City, Mars and four more cities write the traffic tickets in Butler County.
The FBI's agency list also places two campus police departments, four state agencies, two other agencies and one state police unit in Butler County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Butler County State Police writes the tickets on the state highways.
The Northern Regional Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Butler County, so its arrests are not broken out for Butler 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 Butler County DUI).
Cities in Butler County
Wherever in the county a ticket is written, it is answered in the Magisterial District Courts.
The cities and towns in the county are Butler, Zelienople, Slippery Rock, Seven Fields, Evans City, Mars, Saxonburg, Prospect, Harmony, Chicora, Harrisville, Connoquenessing, East Butler, Valencia, Bruin, Callery, West Liberty, Eau Claire, Portersville, Fairview and four more.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Butler 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 Butler 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 Butler 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.