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 on September 23, 2026.
Marion County, Tennessee, has about 30,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Marion 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.
Related guides: Marion County public records, Marion County arrest records, Marion County warrants, Marion County criminal records, Marion County court records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Marion County Goes
Tickets in Marion 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 tncourts.gov/node/9782369.
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 Marion County
The Marion County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Jasper, South Pittsburg, Kimball, Whitwell and New Hope write the traffic tickets in Marion County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Marion County: Drug Task Force's 12th Judicial District (other agency).
The Monteagle Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Marion County, so its arrests are not broken out for Marion County here.
The Driving Record and the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security
Convictions are reported by the court to the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, 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 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 Marion County DUI).
Cities in Marion 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 cities and towns in the county are Jasper, South Pittsburg, Kimball, Whitwell, Powells Crossroads, New Hope and Orme.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Marion 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 Marion 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 Marion 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.