Maricopa County Lower Buckeye Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Search the name in Maricopa County Inmate Search, or call the sheriff's information line at 602-876-0322 (3250 West Lower Buckeye Road, Phoenix, AZ 85009). Almost everyone is first booked at the sheriff's Intake, Transfer and Release building (2670 South 28th Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85009), southwest of downtown, then may be moved. The county also runs Lower Buckeye (3250 West Lower Buckeye Road, Phoenix, AZ 85009), Towers, Estrella (women), and the intake and release building. Staff can name the building and give the booking number.

In person only. The Superior Court (175 West Madison Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003, 602-372-5375) says bond money goes to the Bond and Fine Room inside the Fourth Avenue Jail (201 South 4th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85003, 602-876-0322), on the northwest corner of the building. It says bonds are paid in person there, never through Zelle, Venmo or Cash App. The clerk's bond payment page lists cash, cashier's checks and wire transfers; a wire is accepted only for someone in Maricopa custody and needs the clerk's Bond Wire Form. Call 602-876-0322 (3250 West Lower Buckeye Road, Phoenix, AZ 85009) before you go.

Ask 602-876-0322 about the Bond and Fine Room at the Fourth Avenue Jail, 201 South 4th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85003, for current hours, then check which payments they take that day. The clerk's bond page adds that bail-agent (surety) bonds and in-custody bond payments are taken 24 hours a day at the jail's north entrance, and that bonds paid to the clerk after 4:30 p.m. reach the sheriff the next business day. Carry photo ID and the booking number. Ask too about outside holds; one may keep your relative inside even with bond posted.

The Superior Court (175 West Madison Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003, 602-372-5375) says processing may take up to 24 hours after a bond is posted. Do not plan a ride for the minute you pay. Ask release staff at Intake, Transfer and Release, 2670 South 28th Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85009, 602-876-0322, which door the person will walk out of and whether there are papers to pick up.

Arizona Rule 4.1 sets a one-day clock for the first court appearance. The county's Inmate Video Appearance Center, 2670 S. 28th Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85009, 602-372-0250, is where the court connects with people in custody by video. Ask the information line for the hearing time.

It can change the court. City officers file misdemeanors in the city's municipal court, while county deputies file them in a justice court. Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Glendale, and Scottsdale are each listed with a city jail of their own. Ask which agency made the arrest, then ask that agency's court where a bond is paid.

Maricopa County has 27 justice courts listed, named for areas such as Arcadia Biltmore, Kyrene, West Mesa, and Arrowhead. Downtown Phoenix cases go to 620 W. Jackson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003, 602-372-6300. Mesa cases go to 222 E. Javelina Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85210, 602-372-4900, and the justice courts’ main line is 602-506-8100. Chandler cases go to 201 E. Chicago Street, Chandler, AZ 85225, 602-372-3400. The administrative office, 602-506-8530, can match an address to a court.

Each Phoenix judge sets it for that one case. Arizona Rule 7.3 requires a look at the person's own finances and bars a bail chart tied only to the charge. So a friend's number from another case means nothing. The criminal information desk at 602-506-8575 can tell you what the release order says.

Just the premium on file with state regulators, which must be posted where you can see it. Ask to see it. Collateral is held separately from the agent's money and returned after the bond closes. The Superior Court (175 West Madison Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003, 602-372-5375) never asks for bond money by phone, text, email, or social media. Hang up on anyone who does.

Sometimes. Equity, location and paperwork rules vary by court and bond company; the criminal department can explain them. Call 602-506-8575 before you hand over a deed. Ask for each term in writing.

Arizona's Constitution, Article 2, Section 22, and A.R.S. 13-3961 allow denial for capital offenses, certain sex crimes involving young children, and a felony picked up during release on an earlier felony. A felony defendant found dangerous at a hearing can be held as well, as may some people in the country illegally charged with serious felonies. Holds from other agencies can add delay.

Yes. Rule 7.4 lets a court look at the order again, including when the amount is beyond the person's means. For a misdemeanor held on bond, the court must review conditions within 10 days of the first hearing. A lawyer should ask. Collect work records, a rental lease and names of local family.

Request counsel from the judge at that first appearance. County defense offices are the Public Defender, 602-506-7711; the Legal Defender, 602-506-8800; and the Legal Advocate, 602-506-4111. The county's Public Defense Services office can sort out which one applies at 602-506-7228.

Juvenile detention is at the Durango facility (3131 West Durango Street, Phoenix, AZ 85009, 602-506-4280), 3131 W. Durango Street, Phoenix, AZ 85009, beside the Durango Juvenile Court Center, 3131 West Durango Street, Phoenix, AZ 85009, 602-506-4533. The Southeast Juvenile Court Center, 1810 South Lewis Street, Mesa, AZ 85210, is 602-506-2544. Youth files are sealed and stay out of the adult search. A detention hearing, not a bond window, decides release.

Tribes hold their own people. Salt River's corrections department is at 3213 N. Longmore Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85256, 480-362-7200. Gila River's rehabilitation and supervision department in Sacaton is 520-562-7061. Fort McDowell's police line is 480-837-1091, and that nation uses the county jails for detention.

A Phoenix no-show often means a warrant and a lost bond. Bondsmen can surrender the defendant to the jail, which under A.R.S. 13-3974 can end the agent's duty. Court-held cash usually goes back once the case closes, minus fines and costs. Premium paid to an agent is not refunded.

The Fourth Avenue bond room handles only Maricopa County and city cases. Federal charges go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona downtown, and county bail doesn't apply:

• Arrested people are taken to Phoenix federal courthouse, 401 West Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003 (clerk 602-322-7200) to see a magistrate judge, often the next court day.
• Federal pretrial services interviews them about family, work and history.
• The judge decides release or sets a detention hearing.
• Bonds are posted through the federal clerk.

The Marshals place federal prisoners in contract jails until the case ends. Call U.S. Marshals Service, 401 West Washington Street, Suite 270, Phoenix, AZ 85003, 602-382-8768.

The sheriff's office notifies ICE of release times when a detainer is on file, but it does not hold people past their release. ICE detainers under 8 CFR 287.7 ask jails to hold someone up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released. A.R.S. 11-1051 bans Arizona counties from limiting immigration enforcement, so ICE agents may be waiting at release. Maricopa County has no public 287(g) agreement.

The county case stays active even if ICE picks someone up, and all court dates must still be kept. The ICE Phoenix Field Office, 2035 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, 602-257-5900 handles cases from here, and detainees are often taken to:

• Eloy Detention Center: 1705 East Hanna Road, Eloy, AZ 85131 · 520-464-3000
• Florence Service Processing Center: 3250 North Pinal Parkway, Florence, AZ 85132 · 520-868-5862
• Central Arizona Florence Correctional Center: 1155 North Pinal Parkway, Florence, AZ 85132 · 520-868-9095

Use these five:

• Sheriff's jail search: Maricopa County Inmate Search. Shows which jail, booking number and bond.
• VINE: VINELink (https://vinelink.vineapps.com/). Select Arizona; it lists county jail and state prison custody.
• BOP (320 First Street NW, Washington, DC 20534, 202-307-3198): Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator (https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/). For federal inmates; people still in pretrial custody are tracked by the U.S. Marshals, so call 602-382-8768 (401 West Washington Street, Suite 270, Phoenix, AZ 85003).
• ADCRR (701 East Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, 602-542-5497): ADCRR Inmate Data Search (https://inmatedatasearch.azcorrections.gov/). State prison custody by name or number.
• ICE: ICE Online Detainee Locator System (https://locator.ice.gov/odls/). A-number and birth country; ring 602-257-5900 (2035 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004) if nothing shows.

The criminal information desk at the Central Court Building can help:

• Central Court Building (information center): 201 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003 · 602-506-3204
• South Court Tower (criminal courtrooms): 175 West Madison Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003 · 602-372-5375
• Southeast regional court center: 222 East Javelina Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85210 · 602-372-5375
• Northwest regional court center: 14264 West Tierra Buena Lane, Surprise, AZ 85374 · 602-372-5375
• Northeast regional court center: 18380 North 40th Street, Suite 120, Phoenix, AZ 85032 · 602-372-5375
• Durango juvenile court center: 3131 West Durango Street, Phoenix, AZ 85009 · 602-506-4280
• Southeast juvenile court center: 1810 South Lewis Street, Mesa, AZ 85210 · 602-506-4280