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Hickman County, Tennessee, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Hickman County 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, cities and common questions.
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Where a Ticket Written in Hickman County Goes
Tickets in Hickman County are split by who wrote them: the General Sessions Court for deputies and troopers, the municipal courts for city officers in the cities that run one. A paid ticket, a dismissal and a trial all end up in that court's records.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at hickmancountytn.gov/departments/law-court-services, phone 931-729-2211.
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 Hickman County
The Hickman County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Centerville write the traffic tickets in Hickman County.
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 Hickman County DUI).
Cities in Hickman County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the General Sessions Court, or to the city's municipal court where it has one.
The one city in the county is Centerville.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Hickman County?
With the General Sessions Court; 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 Hickman County?
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 Hickman 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.