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 October 1, 2026.
Gun Barrel City, Texas, in Henderson County, has about 7,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Gun Barrel City is a court case in the County Courts and Justice Courts; a city with a municipal court tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Texas Department of Public Safety. 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.
Related guides: Gun Barrel City public records, Henderson County traffic tickets, Gun Barrel City arrest records, Gun Barrel City warrants, Gun Barrel City inmate search, Gun Barrel City criminal records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Gun Barrel City Goes
Tickets in Gun Barrel City are split by who wrote them: the County Courts and Justice Courts 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.
Texas 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 Gun Barrel City
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Gun Barrel City (filed by the FBI as Gun Barrel City Police Department) write the traffic tickets in and around Gun Barrel City.
The FBI's agency list also places six other agencies and one campus police department in Henderson County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Frankston Police Department and the Mabank Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Henderson County, so their arrests are not broken out for Henderson County here.
The Driving Record and the Texas Department of Public Safety
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Texas Department of Public Safety, 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 Texas Department of Public Safety like any other; contesting it means a plea of not guilty entered with the court by the date on the ticket.
A DWI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the Department of Public Safety (see Gun Barrel City DUI).
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Gun Barrel City?
With the County Courts and Justice Courts; a ticket from city police goes to the city's municipal court where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in Texas?
The Texas Department of Public Safety. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Gun Barrel City?
The County Courts and Justice Courts, which take misdemeanors in the County Court or County Court at Law; traffic tickets, evictions and small claims in the Justice Courts. A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets under its ordinances.
Is this the official Gun Barrel City 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.