Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Grimes County, Texas, has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Grimes County 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Grimes County public records, Grimes County arrest records, Grimes County warrants, Grimes County criminal records, Grimes County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Grimes County Goes
Tickets in Grimes County 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.
For Grimes County, SearchSystems opened and checked the County Courts and Justice Courts page at grimescountytexas.gov/index.asp (page title: County Court Records Online | County Clerk | Grimes County, TX), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026; that page belongs to the court that takes the tickets.
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 Grimes County
The Grimes County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Navasota and Todd Mission write the traffic tickets in Grimes County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Grimes County: the Grimes County Constable's Precincts 1 and 2 and Grimes County Constable at Precinct 3 & 4 (other agency).
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 Grimes County DUI).
Cities in Grimes County
A ticket written inside a city goes to the County Courts and Justice Courts, or to the city's municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Grimes County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
- Navasota (9,471)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Grimes County?
With the County Courts and Justice Courts, whose page SearchSystems verified is at grimescountytexas.gov/index.asp; 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 Grimes County?
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 Grimes 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.