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 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
La Follette, Tennessee, in Campbell County, has about 7,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in La Follette is a court case in the General Sessions Court; a city with a municipal court tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security. 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 La Follette Goes
A ticket written by a deputy or a state trooper in La Follette goes to the General Sessions 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.
For Campbell County, SearchSystems opened and checked the General Sessions Court page at campbellmunicipalcourt.com/recordSearch.php?k=searchForm5020 (page title: Campbell Municipal Court | Record Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026; that page belongs to the court that takes the tickets.
Tennessee 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 La Follette
The Campbell County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for La Follette (filed by the FBI as La Follette Police Department) write the traffic tickets in and around La Follette.
The Rocky Top Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Campbell County, so its arrests are not broken out for Campbell County here.
The Driving Record and the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, 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 Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security 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 Safety and Homeland Security (see La Follette DUI).
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from La Follette?
With the General Sessions Court, whose page SearchSystems verified is at campbellmunicipalcourt.com; a ticket from city police goes to the city's municipal court where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in Tennessee?
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in La Follette?
The General Sessions Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and preliminary hearings. A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets under its ordinances.
Is this the official La Follette 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.