Butte County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Search his name with Butte County Inmate Search. The sheriff also posts weekly booking logs on the county website, one document per week. Very recent arrests may lag online; look again soon. Not there after that? Phone the Oroville jail at 530-552-1600. The jail does not take messages for people held there.

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The Butte County Superior Court adopted a Jail Bail Schedule for offenses committed in the county, effective January 1, 2026, under Penal Code 1269b. Most misdemeanors are $3,000, and six-month misdemeanors are $1,000. Most felonies are $15,000 unless the schedule lists another amount. Officers cannot raise bail at booking. Only a judge can, after a motion with proof.

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From that schedule: first drunk driving, $10,000; with one earlier case in ten years, $12,500; felony DUI, $50,000. Robbery is $50,000. Assault with a deadly weapon is $30,000. Partner injury is $7,500 as a misdemeanor and $50,000 as a felony. Residential burglary is $50,000, and second-degree burglary is $3,000 or $15,000. Grand theft is also $3,000 or $15,000. Battery, petty theft, and simple drug possession are not listed by name.

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Yes. At the first hearing, the judge applies Penal Code 1275 and may set bail higher or lower than the schedule says. The schedule adds extra bail for listed priors and enhancements, and bail generally adds up across several charges. Ask a lawyer to request a review if the total looks out of reach.

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The county's corrections page says the jail takes cash, money orders, cashier's checks, or a bond from a licensed bail bondsman. Write a money order or cashier's check to the exact court holding the case. Learn which one first. It lists no bail hours, so call 530-552-1600 first. The lobby kiosk loads inmate accounts only.

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Account money buys phone calls and commissary items. The lobby kiosk runs around the clock, and the county lists online and phone deposits through an outside service. None of it frees him. Bail is a separate payment, so say "bail" when you ask.

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Penal Code 825 sets 48 hours after arrest, not counting Sundays and holidays. In Butte County the court's criminal division is at One Court Street, Oroville, 530-532-7011. The court says its old criminal calendars were removed, so use the court's online portal or call. A lawyer can ask for the release terms at that first hearing.

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Criminal cases are heard at the Butte County Courthouse, One Court Street, Oroville. The criminal clerk is open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The North Butte County Courthouse at 1775 Concord Avenue in Chico lists the same hours, but no criminal number, so call Oroville first at 530-532-7002.

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Fees are filed by each company with the state. Regulators say 10% of the bond plus fair costs is typical, and dropped charges do not bring it back. Agents cannot approach you first. Confirm the license on the state bail agent page, and read every page of the contract first. A bail and bond guide for this jail explains the types.

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Possibly, if a judge approves. Under Penal Code 1279 the owner has to live in California, and equity of double the bond may qualify after a hearing. Butte County publishes no property-bond packet, so ask the criminal clerk at 530-532-7011 how to start. Learn how the lien works before handing any deed to anyone.

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Few people. The constitution's Article I, section 12 allows it for capital cases, violent or sex felonies that likely risk serious injury, and felony threat cases. Holds placed by parole, probation or another county may also stop release. The Supreme Court's 2026 decision in In re Kowalczyk says judges should try other conditions first. Penal Code 1270.1 adds a hearing before release for some serious and domestic violence charges.

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That request goes to the judge when he is first arraigned. Butte County has no public defender office. A December 2025 article by a Chico defense lawyer says the county pays a consortium of private attorneys a flat monthly fee to defend people who cannot afford a lawyer. The criminal clerk, 530-532-7011, can tell you who has been assigned once the case is on the calendar.

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Juvenile Hall is run by the Butte County Probation Department. The county's pages list Probation at 42 County Center Drive, Oroville, 530-538-7661, and Juvenile Hall at 530-538-7311. The court says juvenile justice hearings are on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. at the Oroville courthouse. The juvenile division line is 530-532-7010. Only parents and legal guardians may visit, and a teen has the right to two phone calls within an hour of arrest.

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Six months, roughly. Penal Code 1305 gives 180 days after the forfeiture to appear and have it canceled, with five more days when a notice must be mailed. Do not wait. Phone the clerk, the lawyer, and the bondsman that same day.

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California law now says that's not allowed. Under In re Kowalczyk, decided April 30, 2026, a judge in Oroville or Chico who believes a person is too dangerous has to hold a proper no-bail hearing. Otherwise the money amount should be one the person can realistically post.

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Butte has two court locations, one in Oroville near the jail and one in Chico for the north end of the county:

• Oroville courthouse: One Court Street, Oroville, CA 95965 · 530-532-7002
• North Butte courthouse: 1775 Concord Avenue, Chico, CA 95928 · 530-532-7002

Most jail arraignments happen in Oroville, since the county jail is there.

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Federal charges are a separate system. Someone arrested in Chico or Paradise by U.S. agents is not booked on the Butte bail schedule. Instead:

• He goes before a magistrate judge at Sacramento federal courthouse, 501 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, or sometimes in Redding.
• Pretrial Services interviews him and gives the judge a recommendation.
• A detention hearing follows. The government can ask to delay it three days; his attorney can ask for five.
• The judge may set release conditions or order him held until trial in a Marshals contract jail.

The Marshals office is U.S. Marshals Service, 501 I Street, Suite 5600, Sacramento, 916-930-2030.

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An ICE detainer asks for up to 48 hours of extra custody, and weekends and holidays count (8 CFR 287.7). In California, SB 54 bars the Butte Sheriff from that extra holding. The jail can warn ICE of a release date only if his record has one of the serious or violent convictions the law lists. The TRUTH Act also gives him a written notice before any jail interview by ICE, and he may decline.

The San Francisco ICE field office, 630 Sansome Street, Room 590, San Francisco, CA 94111, 415-365-8800 covers Butte. Detainees are usually sent to:

• Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center: 425 Golden State Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301
• Golden State Annex: 611 Frontage Road, McFarland, CA 93250
• California City detention site: 22844 Virginia Boulevard, California City, CA 93505

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• Butte County Inmate Search: type last and first names. Results show his housing, charges and bail. If Chico police made the arrest, he may not show until moved to Oroville.
• VINELink (https://vinelink.vineapps.com/): choose California and search the name. You'll learn whether Butte or another county has him.
• Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator (https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/): for federal prisoners, enter a register number or name. Call 916-930-2030 if he is pretrial.
• CDCR Inmate Locator (https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/): enter his CDCR number or name for the state prison he's at.
• ICE Online Detainee Locator System (https://locator.ice.gov/odls/): an A-number or name plus birth country. If nothing turns up, phone 415-365-8800.

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Yes. The Butte court clerk at 530-532-7002 will tell you the amount on file and the next hearing date. Keep his legal name and birthday in front of you.

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