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 9, 2026.
Russell County, Virginia, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Russell 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: Russell County public records, Russell County arrest records, Russell County warrants, Russell County inmate search, Russell County criminal records, Virginia arrest records and Virginia inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Russell County Goes
A traffic ticket written in Russell 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 vacourts.gov/courts/combined/russell/home, phone (276) 889-8051.
Statewide, Online Case Information System is the Virginia courts' free statewide case search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Russell County
The Russell County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lebanon write the traffic tickets in Russell County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Russell County: the Russell County State Police (state police); the Russell County State Police writes the tickets on the state highways.
The St. Paul Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Russell County, so its arrests are not broken out for Russell County here.
The Driving Record and the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, 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 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 Russell County DUI).
Cities in Russell County
Wherever in the county a ticket is written, it is answered in the General District Court.
The cities and towns in the county are Lebanon, Honaker and Cleveland.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Russell 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 Russell 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 Russell 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.