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.
Fairfax County, Virginia, has about 1.2 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Fairfax County is a court case in the General District Court, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. 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: Fairfax County public records, Fairfax County arrest records, Fairfax County warrants, Fairfax County inmate search, Fairfax County criminal records, Virginia arrest records and Virginia inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Fairfax County Goes
A traffic ticket written in Fairfax County is answered in the General District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and smaller civil cases; the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court takes family and juvenile cases. The ticket itself is a court case, and the court's index is the record of it.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at fairfaxcounty.gov/circuit/newsandevents/circuit-court-news/fairfax-..., phone (703) 691-7320.
Statewide, Online Case Information System is the Virginia courts' free statewide case search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Fairfax County
The Sheriffs of Fairfax County Since 1742 | Sheriff writes the traffic tickets in Fairfax County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Fairfax County: the Fairfax County State Police (state police); Northern Virginia Community College and George Mason University (campus police); the Fairfax County State Police writes the tickets on the state highways.
The Driving Record and the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
Convictions are reported by the court to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, 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 Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles 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 Motor Vehicles (see Fairfax County DUI).
Cities in Fairfax County
Wherever in the county a ticket is written, it is answered in the General District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Fairfax County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own traffic tickets guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Fairfax County?
With the General District Court.
Who keeps my driving record in Virginia?
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Fairfax County?
The General District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and smaller civil cases; the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court takes family and juvenile cases.
Is this the official Fairfax 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.