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Monroe County, Pennsylvania, has about 167,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Monroe 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: Monroe County public records, Monroe County arrest records, Monroe County warrants, Monroe County inmate search, Monroe County criminal records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Monroe County Goes
A traffic ticket written in Monroe 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 monroecountypa.gov/departments/prothonotary/resources/c-tracksearch.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Monroe County
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Delaware Water Gap write the traffic tickets in Monroe County.
The FBI's agency list also places one other agency, one state police unit, four state agencies and one campus police department in Monroe County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Monroe 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 Monroe County DUI).
Cities in Monroe 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 Monroe County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- East Stroudsburg (9,445)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Monroe 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 Monroe 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 Monroe 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.