Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 28, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania, has about 130,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Cambria 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: Cambria County public records, Cambria County arrest records, Cambria County warrants, Cambria County inmate search, Cambria County criminal records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Cambria County Goes
Tickets in Cambria 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.
For Cambria County, SearchSystems opened and checked the Magisterial District Courts page at pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/individual-county-courts/... (page title: Cambria County | Individual County Courts | Courts of Common Pleas | Courts | Unified Judicial System of Penns), phone 814-472-5440, 200 South Center Street Ebensburg, PA 15931, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026; that page belongs to the court that takes the tickets.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Cambria County
The Cambria County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Johnstown, Northern Cambria, Ebensburg, Nanty-Glo, Portage, Geistown and 13 more cities write the traffic tickets in Cambria County.
The FBI's agency list also places three other agencies, two campus police departments, four state agencies and one state police unit in Cambria County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Cambria County State Police writes the tickets on the state highways.
The Driving Record and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Convictions are reported by the court to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, which keeps the driving record and decides on points and suspensions. Order the driving record from that agency, not from the court.
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 Cambria County DUI).
Cities in Cambria 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 Cambria County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- Johnstown (17,853)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Cambria County?
With the Magisterial District Courts, whose page SearchSystems verified is at pacourts.us, phone 814-472-5440.
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 Cambria 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 Cambria 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.