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 between September 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Hanahan, South Carolina, in Berkeley County, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Hanahan is a court case in the Magistrate Court; a city with a municipal court tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. 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 and common questions.
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Where a Ticket Written in Hanahan Goes
A ticket written by a deputy or a state trooper in Hanahan goes to the Magistrate Court; one written by city police goes to that city's municipal court where it has one. Either way the ticket is a court case, and the court's index is the record of it.
South Carolina has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Writes the Tickets in Hanahan
The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Hanahan (filed by the FBI as Hanahan Police Department) write the traffic tickets in and around Hanahan.
The FBI's agency list also places six state agencies and one state police unit in Berkeley County (the arrest records guide names each one); the Highway Patrol in Berkeley County writes the tickets on the state highways.
The Charleston Police Department and the Summerville Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Berkeley County, so their arrests are not broken out for Berkeley County here.
The Driving Record and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles
Convictions are reported by the court to the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, 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 South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles 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 the Department of Motor Vehicles (see Hanahan DUI).
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Hanahan?
With the Magistrate Court; a ticket from city police goes to the city's municipal court where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in South Carolina?
The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Hanahan?
The Magistrate Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and civil cases up to $7,500. A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets under its ordinances.
Is this the official Hanahan website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.