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 between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Rawlins, Wyoming, in Carbon County, has about 8,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Rawlins is a court case in the Circuit Court; a city with a municipal court tries its own, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the Wyoming Department of Transportation. 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.
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Where a Ticket Written in Rawlins Goes
A ticket written by a deputy or a state trooper in Rawlins goes to the Circuit Court; one written by city police goes to that city's municipal court where it has one. Either way the ticket 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 wyocomet.wyo.gov/repositories/2/resources/2096, phone (307) 777-7826.
Wyoming 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 Rawlins
The Carbon County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Rawlins (filed by the FBI as Rawlins Police Department) write the traffic tickets in and around Rawlins.
The Driving Record and the Wyoming Department of Transportation
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the Wyoming Department of Transportation, 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 Wyoming Department of Transportation like any other; contesting it means a plea of not guilty entered with the court by the date on the ticket.
A DWUI is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the Department of Transportation (see Rawlins DUI).
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Rawlins?
With the Circuit Court; a ticket from city police goes to the city's municipal court where it has one.
Who keeps my driving record in Wyoming?
The Wyoming Department of Transportation. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Rawlins?
The Circuit Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000. A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets under its ordinances.
Is this the official Rawlins 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.