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.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, has about 124,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Fayette 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: Fayette County public records, Fayette County arrest records, Fayette County warrants, Fayette County criminal records, Fayette County court records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Fayette County Goes
A traffic ticket written in Fayette 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.
For Fayette County, SearchSystems opened and checked the Magisterial District Courts page at courtrecord.net/fayette-county-pa-courts (page title: Fayette County Court Records for Free (Fayette County, PA)), phone 724-430-1233, 61 East Main Street Uniontown, PA 15401, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Fayette County
The agencies that report for Uniontown, Connellsville, Masontown, Brownsville, Perryopolis, Point Marion and two more cities write the traffic tickets in Fayette County.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department, one state police unit, three state agencies and one other agency in Fayette County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Fayette County State Police writes the tickets on the state highways.
Southwest Regiona Police Departmentl, Fayette County is listed by the FBI across two counties including Fayette County, so its arrests are not broken out for Fayette County here.
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 Fayette County DUI).
Cities in Fayette 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 Uniontown, Connellsville, Masontown, Brownsville, South Connellsville, Fairchance, Perryopolis, Point Marion, Belle Vernon, Dunbar, Smithfield, Everson, Newell, Fayette City, Vanderbilt, Dawson, Markleysburg and Ohiopyle.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Fayette County?
With the Magisterial District Courts, whose page SearchSystems verified is at courtrecord.net/fayette-county-pa-courts, phone 724-430-1233.
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 Fayette 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 Fayette 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.