Kings County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Type the full name into Kings County Inmate Search. A Hanford booking may need a few hours to post; recheck later if the list is empty. The search also shows people booked in the last 24 or 72 hours. Kings County also offers VINE, a free automated line at 800-491-0689 that tracks custody and release.

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The Kings County Jail sits at 1550 Kings County Drive in Hanford, on the same road as the courthouse. The Sheriff-Coroner's Office runs it. For questions the search cannot answer, call 559-584-1431, then ask for extension 2812 or 4103 for jail information. The front office is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Each January the Kings County judges publish a bail list under Penal Code 1269b. These 2026 amounts are examples only. Misdemeanors: DUI, $5,000; petty theft, $5,000; simple battery, $5,000; battery on a spouse or partner, $10,000. Felonies: possession of a controlled substance, $10,000; assault with a deadly weapon, $25,000; residential burglary, $50,000; first-degree robbery, $60,000.

Priors and weapons add to those figures. Whatever a Kings judge orders at a hearing replaces the schedule figure. The booking record shows the real number, so check it with the Inmate Search first.

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A judge decides at the first court date. Defense counsel may push for a smaller figure or no-cash release. Under Penal Code 1275, safety comes first for a Hanford judge, followed by the charge, his past record, and how likely he is to come back. In the 2021 case In re Humphrey, the California Supreme Court said judges must also consider what a person can afford and whether conditions other than money would work. Bring pay records, a lease or mortgage bill, and family letters.

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Through Penal Code 1269b, the jail's commanding officer or the Hanford clerk may accept the schedule amount in cash or as an insured bond. In Kings County, call the jail at 559-584-1431 before you drive over. Find out which Kings counter handles it, its hours, and the payment types allowed. Bring photo ID and the booking number. Keep your receipt.

Payment hours and card rules can change, so the jail desk is the best source.

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It is the choice if you cannot put up the full amount. State insurance officials put the usual premium at ten percent, tied to each company's filed rate, and that premium is kept by the bondsman no matter how the case ends. Check the license on the department's site at insurance.ca.gov/bailbonds. Get the collateral terms on paper before signing. Kings deputies will not recommend a bondsman.

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Sometimes, but the court has to approve it, and it takes time. Ask the clerk how much equity the property needs and whether land outside Kings County counts. Call the Superior Court criminal clerk at 559-582-1010 before collecting deeds. Ask what paperwork the judge needs.

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Penal Code 825 says within 48 hours of arrest, not counting Sundays and holidays. Kings criminal matters all go to one Hanford courthouse, 1640 Kings County Drive, which is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For the date and courtroom, phone the clerk at 559-582-1010 on any weekday. That first Hanford appearance is where bail gets set and appointed counsel is arranged for anyone without funds.

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For many misdemeanors, yes. Under Penal Code 853.6, Kings officers should cite and release on a signed promise unless something like a warrant, intoxication, or lack of ID stands in the way. A judge can also order own-recognizance release under Penal Code 1318, where he signs a promise to appear and follow conditions. The Probation Department runs a pretrial monitoring program at the Day Reporting Center, 1520 Kings County Drive, 559-852-4669, open every day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ask the court clerk if it applies to your case.

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Article I, section 12 of the state constitution permits no-bail holds on capital charges, certain violent or sex felony counts, and felonies where someone threatened great bodily harm. For those latter two, the Hanford judge needs clear and convincing evidence of real danger. For serious felonies and some domestic violence cases, Penal Code 1270.1 requires a hearing in open court before any release. Ask the court clerk at 559-582-1010 which rule applies.

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Even paid bail will not open the door if parole, probation, another county's warrant, or an ICE detainer is on file. The jail must be told about each one. Before you pay, call 559-584-1431 and ask whether any hold is on the booking. If you hire a bail agent, ask the same question.

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Hanford, Lemoore, Corcoran, Avenal, the Sheriff, and the California Highway Patrol each make arrests across Kings. Hanford Police are at 425 North Irwin Street, 559-585-2540. Search the county roster first. Still no listing hours later? Phone the jail at 559-584-1431 to learn where he ended up.

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He requests appointed counsel from the bench at his first Hanford hearing. Kings County uses contract attorneys for this work, handled through the county's Defense of the Indigent Accused office. The office phone is 559-852-2119. Its mailing address is P.O. Box 2119, Hanford, CA 93232. Depending on income, Kings may ask for partial repayment once the case closes.

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Kings County keeps arrested minors at the Kings County Juvenile Center, 1424 Forum Drive in Hanford, 559-852-2970. The probation department runs it. Under Welfare and Institutions Code 632, a detained youth goes before a judge or referee no later than the next court day after the petition, or 48 hours for some minor misdemeanors, or else goes home. A parent or guardian must be at court for the child to go home. Juvenile hearings are at the same Hanford courthouse; call 559-582-1010, extension 6102.

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If he skips a hearing, the court forfeits the bail. Under Penal Code 1305, a Kings forfeiture notice is mailed, and he gets 180 days after mailing, plus five for the post, to come back to court. If he shows up or is arrested in that time, the court can cancel the forfeiture and release the bond. Call the clerk at 559-582-1010 at once and tell the bail agent. Defense counsel may move to have the warrant pulled.

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If he made every Hanford date, cash bail goes back at the end, after the court deducts fines, fees or restitution. A bond company's fee is not returned. Ask the clerk to explain the refund steps and keep the original receipt.

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Deposits on his account only buy calls and canteen goods. It does not release anyone. Only a payment taken as bail, at the amount in the booking record, does that. Never pay a stranger who phones you and says he is a deputy or an agent. The Hanford jail can confirm it; its address is 1550 Kings County Drive, Hanford, CA 93230, and its inmate line is 559-852-2812.

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Yes. The 2026 decision In re Kowalczyk says money bail has to be reasonable and usually attainable. A Hanford judge who wants someone held must follow the no-bail rules in the state constitution instead of picking a number out of reach.

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Kings handles all its cases at one building in Hanford, the county seat:

• Kings courthouse: 1640 Kings County Drive, Hanford, CA 93230 · 559-582-1010

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A federal arrest in Hanford, Lemoore or Corcoran is not booked on the Kings bail list. It goes to the Eastern District of California in nearby Fresno:

• He is driven to Fresno federal courthouse, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA 93721 to see a magistrate judge.
• Pretrial Services talks with him and writes up a recommendation.
• The judge holds a hearing on custody. Federal rules let the prosecutor ask for three days to prepare and the defense five.
• Conditions might let him go home; if not, the Marshals choose where he's housed.

Fresno Marshals: U.S. Marshals Service, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, 559-442-2858.

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Kings follows SB 54, so the jail won't hold anyone past release on an ICE request. Hanford staff may tell ICE about a release only if the inmate's record has a serious or violent conviction from the state list. A TRUTH Act form must be given before any ICE interview inside.

The San Francisco ICE field office, 630 Sansome Street, Room 590, San Francisco, CA 94111, 415-365-8800 covers Kings. Detention sites nearby include:

• 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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• Kings County Inmate Search: last name and first name; see bail and court date.
• VINELink (https://vinelink.vineapps.com/): California, then the name; shows the facility.
• Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator (https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/): register number or name. If pretrial, call 559-442-2858.
• CDCR Inmate Locator (https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/): CDCR number or name. Kings has two large state prisons, Avenal and Corcoran, which appear here.
• ICE Online Detainee Locator System (https://locator.ice.gov/odls/): A-number or name plus country of birth. Not found? Call 415-365-8800.

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Yes. The Kings court at 559-582-1010 can look up the case and read you the bail that applies today.

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