Lake County Correctional Facility Inmate Bail & Bonds

Start with Lake County Inmate Search. Enter the full name and look for a booking date. An empty result can just mean the Lakeport booking is brand new; look again an hour later. If it still does not appear, phone 707-262-4240. The county lists that number for the jail, and the desk can also say whether another agency has a hold.

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Lake County's adult jail is the Lake County Correctional Facility, also called the Lake County Jail, at 4913 Helbush Drive in Lakeport. The county's own jail page names it the Hill Road Correctional Facility, at the same Helbush Drive address, and the court lists it as the Lake County Jail. All three names mean the same building. The Sheriff's Office runs it.

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The Lake County judges adopted a new bail list in February 2026 under Penal Code 1269b. Here are some amounts. Misdemeanors: DUI, $5,000; battery on a spouse or partner, $10,000; any misdemeanor the list does not name, $1,000. Felonies: assault with a deadly weapon other than a gun, $25,000; felony injury to a spouse or partner (PC 273.5), $25,000; DUI causing injury, $30,000; first-degree burglary, $50,000; second-degree robbery, $100,000; first-degree robbery, $150,000; murder, $1,000,000.

The list adds to these numbers for priors and weapons, and a judge may set something different at a hearing. Treat them as a guide, not a quote.

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The jail must go by the warrant or the schedule unless a judge has already ruled, which is how Penal Code 1269b is written. Only a judge can change the number, usually after a lawyer asks. A Lake judge follows Penal Code 1275, balancing safety, the charge's weight, his record, and whether he will return. The 2021 Humphrey ruling adds a duty to consider his ability to pay. Collect paychecks, rental papers and notes from relatives.

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Lake's jail commander or the court clerk may take the schedule amount under Penal Code 1269b. Call the jail at 707-262-4240 before heading to Lakeport to ask which window takes bail, when it is staffed, and the payment types it allows. Carry your ID plus his name and booking number, and leave with a paper receipt.

For a case already in court, the clerk at 707-263-2374 is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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A bondsman makes sense only when you can't cover the full sum. California insurance regulators say a ten percent premium is standard, at each company's filed rate. Lake families should expect to lose that premium even if the case is dismissed. Verify any agent's license on insurance.ca.gov/bailbonds. Check the contract's collateral clause and its missed-court terms.

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Lake judges must sign off on any property bond, and the process drags. For Lake's rules on property location and needed equity, phone the clerk at 707-263-2374. Ask before you pay for any appraisal or title papers.

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Within 48 hours of arrest, not counting Sundays and holidays, under Penal Code 825. Lake County has two courthouses. The Lakeport Courthouse is at 675 Lakeport Boulevard, and the Clearlake Branch is at 7000-A South Center Drive. Ask the clerk, 707-263-2374, which one holds the hearing. The Clearlake branch answers at 707-994-6598.

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Often, for a misdemeanor. Lake officers usually cite and release under Penal Code 853.6, unless a warrant, intoxication, missing ID or another listed reason applies. A judge may also grant release on a signed promise to appear under Penal Code 1318. Ask the jail, 707-262-4240, whether a citation release is still possible.

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Article I, section 12 lets a Lakeport judge withhold bail on capital charges, some violent or sex felonies, and cases with threats of great bodily harm. Clear and convincing evidence of danger is required. Penal Code 1270.1 also demands an open-court hearing before release on serious felonies and some domestic violence counts. Probation holds and out-of-county warrants stop release as well. The jail desk at 707-262-4240 can say which one applies.

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The Clearlake and Lakeport police departments and the sheriff each make arrests in Lake, and every adult kept in custody ends up on Helbush Drive. Whether either city keeps a short-term holding cell is something to ask the jail or the department. Lakeport Police are at 916 North Forbes Street, 707-263-5491. Tribal police on Rancheria land may arrest too.

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The Lake County Public Defender is at 255 North Forbes Street, Lakeport, 707-263-0133. He can request the Public Defender at his first Lakeport hearing, or you can phone that office about applying. Your relative should not discuss the case on a jail phone.

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Lake runs no youth detention center. Since mid-2024, probation has sent most youth in custody to Mendocino County Juvenile Hall, 585 Low Gap Road in Ukiah, 707-234-6682. Tehama County, Butte County, and the Tri-County hall in Yuba County have also held Lake youth. Lake County Probation, 707-262-4285, arranges the housing and rides for visits. Under Welfare and Institutions Code 632, a detained Lake minor must reach a judge or referee one court day after the petition is filed, or inside 48 hours on certain lesser misdemeanors, or goes home.

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Missing court lets a Lake judge declare the bail forfeited. Penal Code 1305 allows 180 days after the notice is mailed, five more for postage, for him to return or be surrendered, which can undo the forfeiture. That same day, phone the clerk at 707-263-2374, and tell any bondsman. His attorney may ask to have the warrant withdrawn.

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If he attended every Lakeport date, the cash returns after the case, minus court-ordered fines, fees or restitution. An agent's fee is not returned. Lakeport's clerk explains the refund process; bring your receipt.

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Phone and canteen deposits never count as bail, and bail never covers calls. Be careful with calls from people claiming to be a deputy or a bail agent who demand gift cards or app transfers. End the call, then dial the jail on your own.

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Ask the lawyer to request a bail review in Lakeport. Under the 2026 Kowalczyk ruling, bail must generally be something the person can reach, and the judge must look at the family's money situation before setting it.

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Lake has courts in Lakeport, the county seat, and a branch in Clearlake:

• Lakeport courthouse: 675 Lakeport Boulevard, Lakeport, CA 95453 · 707-263-2374
• Clearlake branch: 7000-A South Center Drive, Clearlake, CA 95422 · 707-994-6598

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Lake is in the Northern District of California, so federal cases go to San Francisco, not Lakeport. County bail doesn't apply:

• He sees a magistrate judge at San Francisco federal courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102.
• Pretrial Services gathers background and recommends release or not.
• The detention hearing comes next; the prosecutor can delay it three days, his lawyer five.
• A judge in Lakeport has no say; a federal judge either sets conditions or orders him kept by the Marshals.

Marshals: U.S. Marshals Service, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 20th floor, San Francisco, 415-436-7677.

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SB 54 forbids the Lake County jail from holding anyone past release because of an ICE detainer. A release date may be shared with ICE only for listed serious or violent convictions. Before any ICE interview, the TRUTH Act requires written notice.

Lake falls under San Francisco ICE field office, 630 Sansome Street, Room 590, San Francisco, CA 94111, 415-365-8800. ICE usually holds people at:

• 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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• Lake County Inmate Search: type last and first name for bail and court info.
• VINELink (https://vinelink.vineapps.com/): select California and search the name for custody and location.
• Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator (https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/): register number or name. If pretrial, call 415-436-7677.
• CDCR Inmate Locator (https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/): CDCR number or name.
• ICE Online Detainee Locator System (https://locator.ice.gov/odls/): his alien number works best; otherwise his name and the country he was born in. Blank? Phone 415-365-8800.

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Ring the Lakeport clerk at 707-263-2374 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. with his full name, and the staff can read the bail on the case right now. After hours, the jail desk at 707-262-4240 can tell you the booking figure.

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