Simpson County Traffic Court Records
Most county tickets land at Simpson Justice Court. Clerk Joyce Hicks keeps the traffic, misdemeanor, and civil files at 1498 Simpson Hwy 149, Mendenhall, MS 39114. Call 601-847-5848, fax 601-847-5856, or email jhicks@co.simpson.ms.us. The county's own pages send traffic questions straight to Justice Court.
City tickets take a different path. The state directory lists municipal judges for D'Lo, Magee, and Mendenhall. Confirm any city-issued citation with that city clerk or court before treating it as a Justice Court matter. Braxton shows no municipal judge in the directory, so check the issuing agency or the county court contact to pin down venue.
Simpson County Traffic Tickets Start at Justice Court
Simpson County's Justice Court page covers the court's work. It spans traffic cases, misdemeanor matters, and civil claims. It names Joyce Hicks as clerk and posts the local hearing pattern. The county publishes no anonymous traffic-citation search. The citation itself, the clerk, and the counter are the real access channels for a Simpson County court docket.
Traffic and misdemeanor hearings run twice a month. The settings fall on the first and second Tuesdays and Thursdays of each month. Civil cases are heard the third and fourth Tuesdays. That rhythm is a standing schedule, not your individual setting. The date on your ticket, or the clerk, governs.
Looking Up a Traffic Ticket
Read the citation first. It is the record that names the issuing agency, the citation number, the court, and often a date. No official Simpson County page offers a name-and-date-of-birth docket search. A bare name will not replace the citation number. Lost the paper? The court clerk for that venue can explain what search method exists.
For a Justice Court ticket, call the clerk. Confirm the amount, the date, or the hearing route. For a municipal ticket, contact the issuing city. Magee's nCourt page takes a citation number inside its payment flow. It is not a public docket or case register.
- Read the citation for its number, issuing agency, court, and appearance instructions.
- Determine whether the citation belongs to Simpson Justice Court or a city municipal court.
- For Justice Court, contact Joyce Hicks for the amount, date, or trial-setting instructions.
- For Magee, use the citation number on the payment page, then confirm any court event with City Hall.
- For Mendenhall or D'Lo, call the city contact and ask whether the matter is municipal or was routed elsewhere.
- Ask the venue custodian for a docket sheet, disposition, or copy if the record itself is needed.
Simpson County Traffic Tickets Have City Files Too
Justice Court and each city municipal court hold their own files. Magee City Hall answers at 601-849-3344. Mendenhall City Hall is at 601-847-1212. D'Lo's municipal contact in the state directory is 601-847-1721. Ask each office a simple question. Does your citation run under the municipal process or sit in Justice Court?
The split matters for court dates, plea questions, payment confirmations, and copy requests. A Circuit or Chancery MEC search will not show every lower-court citation. That higher court becomes relevant only if a matter is filed or appealed there.
| Venue | Traffic file custodian | Known access route |
|---|---|---|
| Simpson Justice Court | Justice Court Clerk Joyce Hicks | Citation, phone, counter, mail, fax, email, and focused record request. |
| Magee Municipal Court | Municipal court or City Hall | nCourt payment route and City Hall confirmation. |
| Mendenhall Municipal Court | Municipal court or City Hall | City Hall contact. No official public portal located. |
| D'Lo Municipal Court | Municipal court contact | Directory contact. No official public portal located. |
How to Find Your Traffic Court Date
Start with the date printed on the citation. Confirm it with the court if anything looks unclear. Justice Court asks defendants to call about ten days before court. The call lets you learn the fine amount or set a trial. That is a local instruction, not a universal payment deadline. A reset or continuance counts only once the court record or clerk confirms the later event.
Magee, Mendenhall, and D'Lo municipal contacts can tell you whether a city case has a setting. The 2026 judiciary directory lists court contacts, but it is not a live daily docket. If a date stays murky, ask the venue clerk. Request written confirmation or a current docket sheet.
| Citation number | Use the number printed on the ticket. Magee nCourt labels its visible payment key Citation Number; no number format was published. |
|---|---|
| Court | Justice Court or the named municipal court. Confirm venue before seeking a setting. |
| Date and time | The appearance or hearing instruction. A recurring Justice Court schedule is not a substitute for a case setting. |
| Status | Ask the court about pending, paid, continued, disposed, warrant, or appeal information shown in its file. |
| Record source | The citation and the issuing court clerk, not an assumed countywide online portal. |
Simpson County Traffic Tickets Require a Ten-Day Call
The county's standing instruction is simple. A defendant may call about ten days before court to learn the fine amount or set a trial. Dial 601-847-5848 with the citation in hand. Write down the date and time of the call. Ask the clerk to repeat the current setting so nothing gets garbled. When a clerk reports a reset, treat the older citation date as dead.
This call matters most in a few situations. The ticket may show no clear time. A hearing may have moved. Or you may want a trial rather than payment. For any specific matter, the citation plus the clerk's current confirmation beats everything else.
Simpson County Traffic Tickets and Magee nCourt
Magee's official nCourt payment route shows a Citation Number field, reason and resolution selectors, a comments box, and a payment continuation control. A vendor phone-payment line runs at 855-619-0156. The page offers no docket, hearing settings, case events, charges, documents, export, or record-copy price.
| nCourt control | Type | What is known |
|---|---|---|
| Citation Number | Text | Visible lookup and payment key. The required marker and exact number format are not stated. |
| Enter Reason | Dropdown | Options were not expanded in the public capture. |
| Comments | Text | Associated with the reason field. |
| Enter Resolution | Dropdown | Options were not expanded. It should not be read as a court disposition without confirmation. |
| Phone payment | Contact | 855-619-0156, with vendor hours shown on the payment page. |
A payment is not a court result. Confirm any court event or final status with the Magee municipal clerk or City Hall.
Pay or Contest a Ticket
Respond to the ticket the way the venue that issued it allows. Simpson Justice Court accepts cash in person. A cashier's check or money order can also be mailed with a copy of the citation. Personal checks are not accepted. Cards were also off the table during a collector transition. So call the court first and confirm the correct amount before any money leaves your hands.
Want a hearing or a trial instead? Contact Justice Court and set the court date through the clerk. No official Simpson source sets one statewide deadline for paying a traffic ticket. None promises deferred disposition or defensive driving. The citation controls. So does the court, once your case is on its docket.
| Payment route | Contest or hearing route |
|---|---|
| Use the method accepted by the issuing court and confirm the proper amount. | Contact the issuing court to establish or confirm a court date. |
| Justice Court guidance permits cash in person or a cashier's check or money order by mail with a citation copy. | Keep the citation and ask the clerk for the current setting and any court instructions. |
| Magee has an nCourt payment workflow keyed to the citation number. | For a municipal matter, contact the city court or City Hall rather than treating the vendor form as a hearing docket. |
Missed appearance: A failure to appear is a court event that can lead to docket activity such as an FTA, warrant, or court order. Resolve the court side with the Justice or municipal clerk, then ask the separate state agency only about any driving-file action it administers.
Simpson County Traffic Tickets Have No Published Deferral
Simpson County publishes no eligibility rule for deferred disposition or defensive driving. It posts no fee, application, or deadline either. That silence matters. Do not assume either option exists just because some other court offers it. Ask the issuing Justice or municipal court directly. Cite the exact ticket and its case number when you do.
Confirm locally for municipal citations too. Magee, Mendenhall, D'Lo, and Justice Court each keep records through different channels. A published way to pay answers nothing about eligibility for a hearing or a deferral.
Traffic Court Record vs Driving Record
Two offices, two files. The court docket can show the citation, the charge, a plea, settings, continuances, payment, the disposition, a failure to appear, a warrant, or an order. The Mississippi DPS Driver Service Bureau keeps something else entirely: reported convictions, suspensions, holds, and driving-privilege data. Neither file stands in for the other.
DPS directs citation questions to the appropriate court. The agency cannot change a court citation or certify the court file. A Justice or municipal clerk, in turn, cannot hand you the DPS driving record. Send each request to the office that actually holds it.
| Question | Court traffic record | DPS driver file |
|---|---|---|
| Custodian | Justice Court Clerk or municipal court clerk. | Mississippi DPS Driver Service Bureau. |
| Core content | Citation, court setting, plea, disposition, payment, court order, or appeal event. | Reported convictions, suspensions, holds, and driving-privilege information. |
| Request route | Citation, clerk contact, counter, or focused record request. | DPS Driver Service Bureau procedure. |
| Certified court copy | Ask the court custodian. | Not a substitute for a certified court record. |
Simpson County Traffic Tickets and DPS Orders
The DPS DUI and Driver Records page explains how court orders get reported to the agency. It instructs that court orders be mailed within five business days. The process is listed there. The page also covers the notice route for appealing a municipal or Justice conviction. These are state-agency procedures, though, not a Justice Court docket schedule. So confirm the live DPS instructions before acting on any of it.
The agency page spells out the state side of that reporting. The court still owns the citation, the hearing, and every court-record question.
Simpson County Traffic Tickets Need Both Custodians
A court event and an agency action often need separate follow-up. Suppose the court docket shows a failure to appear, an order, or a disposition. Request its current status from the Justice or municipal clerk. Need to understand a DPS hold, suspension, abstract, or reinstatement step? Contact DPS through its own channel. Neither office will alter or certify the other's file.
DPS court-record and driving-file guidance sends citation questions back to the court. It keeps the two roles distinct. The Mississippi Driver's Manual adds a wrinkle. A driver who deposited a license in lieu of bond or failed to appear may need a corrected court abstract from the judge before reinstatement. That alone is reason to confirm the court order with the issuing court first.
Keeping the two records straight sends each request to the one office that can truly answer it.
Simpson County Traffic Tickets Have Local Record Requests
When you ask for a court record, be specific. Give the Justice or municipal clerk the citation or case number, the docket sheet you want, the disposition, judgment or order, and the date range. Then request a plain or certified copy from the court custodian. The county posts no traffic-copy fee schedule, certified-copy charge, or search fee. Ask for an itemized quote before paying anything.
Justice Court offers several channels: the citation itself, clerk phone, counter, mail, fax, and email. A municipal matter goes through the city court or City Hall. D'Lo and Mendenhall offer no online citation portal. A courthouse public terminal is not a given either. So ask the clerk what exists and what it shows.
Copies and Fees
A traffic fine and a copy fee are two different costs. Justice Court posts no fixed fine amount for a citation. The phone call settles that. Copies and certifications are a separate request to the venue custodian. Magee's vendor payment page lists no general fee schedule. Paying there proves nothing about whether a court file is open or closed.
| Item | Amount or status | Next step |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Court fine | No fixed published amount | Call Justice Court at 601-847-5848 for the proper amount. |
| Justice Court payment method | Cash in person; cashier's check or money order by mail | Include the citation copy. No personal checks. Confirm current card policy. |
| Magee online payment | Vendor amount appears after citation lookup | Use nCourt, then confirm court status with Magee. |
| Traffic docket copy or certification | No official local fee schedule located | Ask Justice or municipal clerk for an itemized fee. |
| Deferred or defensive-driving fee | No official Simpson amount located | Ask the issuing court. Do not assume eligibility. |
Note: The court named on the citation always has the current payment and copy instructions, so treat its word as final.