Traffic Case Records in Clark County
Where does a ticket go? Under Clark's 2026 allocation, infractions and ordinance violations head to Circuit Court 5, while many traffic misdemeanors and felonies land in Circuit Court 3. Clarksville misdemeanor cases may also sit in Clarksville Town Court, the sole separate local town court in the current directory and MyCase selector. Read the issuing court and agency printed on the citation itself. The driver's city alone will not settle it.
The Clerk holds the court file and CCS. For searching and paying supported tickets, Indiana ePay is the tool, and MyCase displays public docket events, hearings, and documents. Jeffersonville's Ordinance Violation Bureau is a municipal channel, not a separate state-court docket.
UTT and Odyssey Case Numbers
Two numbers matter here. A UTT number identifies the ticket for ePay. An Odyssey case number identifies the filed court case. MyCase sometimes searches by citation number, yet that string may match neither identifier. Copy every leading zero and all punctuation exactly as printed.
- UTT number
- The traffic-ticket identifier used by ePay.
- Odyssey case number
- The court, date, case-type, and sequence identifier used in MyCase.
- Citation number
- An agency or ticket reference searchable in supported court records.
One number failing does not license guesswork. Use the documented alternative channel, or call Traffic with the ticket in hand.
Clark County Traffic Ticket Lookups
ePay offers three ways in: Ticket or UTT number, driver's-license number, or name with date of birth. A result can display the ticket date and number, court or agency, balance, online-payment status, Odyssey case number, any available deferral, and a ticket-copy option. For the full public CCS, MyCase serves better.
- Read the issuing court and UTT or citation number from the ticket.
- Search ePay with the UTT number, keeping leading zeroes.
- If the ticket is unavailable, try driver's-license data or the required name and birth-date fields.
- Use MyCase for the court CCS, or call Traffic at 812-285-6399 and visit the Clerk counter when no result posts.
- Record the court date, balance, response deadline, cause number, and payment eligibility.
Why ePay May Need Ten Days
New tickets take time to surface. ePay itself warns that up to ten business days can pass before a citation appears, and Clark's traffic page separately advises five to seven days for posting. Those windows describe processing delays only. Your response date on the citation does not move.
Still nothing? Recheck the leading zeroes, try MyCase by citation or case number, then call Traffic. Broad repeated name searches help nobody, and a missing result never means the citation was dismissed.
The official Indiana ePay page shows the ticket-payment interface.
The image illustrates the payment surface, which remains distinct from the full court record.
Traffic Court Dates in Clark County
Begin with the appearance date printed on the citation. Then check the hearing sessions in MyCase. The official 2026 schedule puts traffic court at the Clark County Judicial Center, room 137, 8:30 a.m., on listed Wednesdays. A case-specific notice or later order beats the general PDF, so confirm with Traffic before you drive over.
| Citation Number | Use the exact printed value, such as UTT number from ticket; do not invent a format. |
|---|---|
| Court | Circuit Court 5, Circuit Court 3, Clarksville Town Court, or the issuing municipal bureau as shown. |
| Date & Time | The citation date or later hearing-session entry. |
| Courtroom | The location in the case notice; general 2026 traffic dates list room 137. |
| Status | Public case status, payment eligibility, or disposition, subject to Clerk verification. |
Clark Traffic Fraud Alert
Watch for scams. The Clark traffic page warns that the Clerk never texts requests for traffic-ticket payment. Ignore payment links in unsolicited messages, guard your card details, and reach ePay only through the official Indiana courts address or by calling the Traffic Violations Bureau.
Suspicious payment text: Stop, preserve the message, and verify the ticket through the official Clerk and ePay channels.
Paying a Ticket vs Fighting It
Paying counts as admitting. It waives trial rights and can produce a conviction. To contest, appear on the citation date unless the court grants another setting; an attorney may file a written response by that date instead. The Clark page gives many non-CDL payers 30 days after the first court date, but a CDL fine is due by the court date itself.
| Paying the Ticket | Contesting the Ticket |
|---|---|
| Admit or nolo plea and payment; conviction may report | Not-guilty response and a later hearing or trial |
| Published grace period may apply, except CDL matters | Respond by the citation date unless reset |
| ePay, phone card, mail, or Clerk window | Appear or use the authorized written response |
Missed Court Date or Payment: The court may record failure to appear or pay and notify the BMV. Call Traffic with the cause and UTT numbers; an ePay receipt alone does not prove license reinstatement.
Clark Infraction Deferral Terms
The deferral deal costs $192.50 for a program in place of a $175 ticket. Six months with no new violation can bring dismissal. That keeps points or a conviction off the BMV record. Check current terms, though. The posted agreement is dated 2023.
Eligibility has limits. Prior payment blocks entry, and so do recent participation, CDL status, habitual-traffic-offender status, a missing or probationary license, and related criminal or pending matters. School-bus violations and speeds at least 25 mph over the limit are normally ineligible. Accident citations need insurance proof, and the prosecutor keeps discretion.
- Review eligibility before paying the ticket.
- Submit the agreement and ticket copy.
- Allow up to two weeks for review.
- Follow the payment and compliance instructions only after approval.
Two Records: Court File and Driver File
Two files, two keepers. The court case file sits with the Clark County Clerk or Clarksville Town Court. It holds the citation, plea, settings, payments, and disposition. The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles keeps the driver record, where convictions, points, and suspensions may appear. A missing MyCase result proves nothing about the driver file, and a BMV entry never supplies the full court CCS.
| Court Traffic Record | Driver Record | |
|---|---|---|
| Kept By | Clark County Clerk or issuing town court | Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles |
| Shows | Citation, plea, hearings, disposition, and case financials | Reported convictions, points, and suspensions |
| How to Get It | MyCase plus a Clerk request | Official Indiana BMV driver-record channel |
BMV Notice After Clark Payment
After you pay, what happens? The Clerk's traffic page says notice to the BMV goes out the next business day. That covers transmission only. The BMV record itself may change later. Driving-while-suspended or no-financial-responsibility matters can carry an additional suspension under BMV law.
Keep the receipt. Ask the court what notice it sent. Then confirm driver status through the BMV's own channel. The two offices answer different questions, so never infer one record from the other.
Traffic Record Copy Fees
ePay may offer a ticket copy, and MyCase can show a public CCS with attachments. Neither counts as a certified case record. Certification must come from the Clerk or the issuing court. The clerk posts no complete current fee schedule for routine plain or certified traffic copies. Confirm those amounts directly.
| Item | Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ticket copy in ePay | Shown when available | Not the complete CCS |
| Plain court copy | Confirm with Clerk | Ask by page or document |
| Certified traffic record | Confirm with Clerk | Request certification expressly |
Clark Payment Channels and Fines
Clark County gives you several ways to pay a traffic ticket. Options include ePay, paying by card over the phone, mailing a payment, or visiting the Clerk window in person. The window follows a posted page. It allows cash, money order, cashier's check, credit, or debit, though personal checks are not accepted. To pay by mail, send a money order or cashier's check to Clark County Traffic Violations, 501 E Court Avenue, Jeffersonville, IN 47130. Write your cause and UTT numbers on it. Add a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you want a receipt. Card convenience fees can apply.
How much will the fine be? Speeding sits at $175 in the posted schedule. Most other moving, license, plate, equipment, open-container, suspended-driving, and commercial-truck violations run $174 each. Seat-belt and some child-restraint amounts differ. Fines can change, and multiple-violation rules may apply to your case. Check the current official page before paying.
Clark Traffic Self-Service Limits
The Indiana Self-Service Legal Center provides official procedural resources.
Clark County drivers get real limits here. The resource points you to forms. It cannot rule on eligibility, fight a citation, or shift a Clark court date on the docket. For matters beyond local traffic court, the Southern District case-information page describes the federal docket system, which runs on its own track entirely.
PACER is not the place for a routine Clark traffic citation. Take it to the state or town-court channel listed on the ticket.
Clark Ticket Copy Limits
A ticket copy has a narrow job. It confirms the printed charge, the agency, the UTT number, and the citation date. That is all it does. It stands in for nothing else: not the CCS, not later hearing entries, not a plea or disposition, and not a certified court record. When the full case history matters, use the ticket to locate the Odyssey case number, then request the court documents from the office that actually holds them.
Two offices answer for Clark traffic. Clarksville Town Court sits at 812-283-1505. County Traffic takes 812-285-6399 and traffic.in.gov. Check which office appears on the citation before you send money or a records request.