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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 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.

About this guide

Montour County, Pennsylvania, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Montour 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: Montour County public records, Montour County arrest records, Montour County warrants, Montour County inmate search, Montour County criminal records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.

Where a Ticket Written in Montour County Goes

A traffic ticket written in Montour 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 Montour County, SearchSystems opened and checked the Magisterial District Courts page at pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/individual-county-courts/... (page title: Montour County | Individual County Courts | Courts of Common Pleas | Courts | Unified Judicial System of Penns), phone 570-271-3000, 253 Mill St. Danville, PA 17821, Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 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 Montour County

The Montour County - Sheriff and the agency that reports for Danville write the traffic tickets in Montour County.

The FBI's agency list also places one state police unit, two state agencies and one other agency in Montour County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Montour 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 Montour County DUI).

Cities in Montour 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 Danville and Washingtonville.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Montour County?

With the Magisterial District Courts, whose page SearchSystems verified is at pacourts.us, phone 570-271-3000.

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 Montour 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 Montour 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.