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 25, 2026.
Universal City, Texas, in Bexar County, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Universal 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: Universal City public records, Bexar County traffic tickets, Universal City arrest records, Universal City warrants, Universal City inmate search, Universal City criminal records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Universal City Goes
Tickets in Universal 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at bexar.org/3021/Searches-Records, phone 210-335-2011.
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 Universal City
The Bexar County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Universal City (filed by the FBI as Universal City Police Department) write the traffic tickets in and around Universal City.
The FBI's agency list also places six campus police departments and nine other agencies in Bexar County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Lytle Police Department and the Schertz Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Bexar County, so their arrests are not broken out for Bexar 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 Universal City DUI).
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Universal 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 Universal 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 Universal 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.