LA COUNTY JAIL - Nidorf Juvenile

Start with Los Angeles County Inmate Search and type his full name. A booking can take about two hours to show up in the search. If the search is empty, call the Sheriff's inmate information line at 213-473-6100. Keep his full name, birth date and arrest date close by. The person on the line can read you his booking number too. You can sign up for release alerts through VINE at 877-411-5588.

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The Sheriff lists the Inmate Reception Center, 450 Bauchet Street, downtown, 213-893-5327, for booking. It is temporary holding, and no visiting is allowed there. From there men may go to Men's Central Jail at 441 Bauchet Street or Twin Towers at 450 Bauchet Street. Women are held at Century Regional Detention Facility, 11705 South Alameda Street, Lynwood. Other buildings stand in Castaic: the North and South Facilities, and North County Correctional Facility. See the Los Angeles County jails list for every location.

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Yes, at first. A city department may hold a person in its own jail, then send her to the county. The Los Angeles Police Department lists the county jail information line, 213-473-6100, for people looking for an arrestee, and its non-emergency number is 877-275-5273. Long Beach, Pasadena, Glendale, Santa Monica, and other cities have their own police. Call the department that made the arrest, then check the county search again the next day.

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The Sheriff says to call the station desk for people held at a station. Some of the numbers: Lancaster, 661-948-8466; Palmdale, 661-272-2400; Santa Clarita Valley, 661-260-4000; Century, 323-568-4800; East Los Angeles, 323-264-4151; Lakewood, 562-623-3500; Norwalk, 562-863-8711. A person held at a station may later be moved to the Inmate Reception Center.

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Under Penal Code 1269b, the Superior Court adopts a countywide schedule. The 2026 felony and misdemeanor schedules took effect January 1, 2026. Since October 1, 2023, a Pre-Arraignment Release Protocol also applies. It marks most misdemeanors and many non-violent felonies as $0 bail before arraignment: cite and release, book and release, or review by a magistrate. The court says $0 bail does not apply to serious or violent crimes, which keep a dollar amount. Examples from the 2026 schedules: domestic battery without injury, $20,000; domestic battery with traumatic injury, $30,000; felony corporal injury to a partner under Penal Code 273.5, $50,000 ($100,000 with a prior conviction); assault with a deadly weapon other than a gun, $30,000; second-degree robbery, $50,000; first-degree robbery, $100,000; murder, $2,000,000, with special-circumstance murder not eligible for release. Petty theft, driving on a suspended license, and simple drug possession are listed at $0, and so is a first-offense drunk-driving misdemeanor. These pre-arraignment numbers do not bind the judge at arraignment. A warrant amount or a judge's order wins. For the exact number on your relative, search the name, then call 213-473-6100 and ask for the amount on every charge.

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Penal Code 1269b allows the officer in charge of a jail, or the court clerk, to take bail at the listed amount, either in cash or as a bond from a licensed insurer. Sheriff's custody rules accept a bond or cash bail on any bondable charge, and when a person faces several charges the total posted must cover every charge that requires bail before release. Most county bookings pass through the Inmate Reception Center, 450 Bauchet Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. For the exact amount and the window that will take it, call the Sheriff's custody line at 213-473-6100. The Sheriff also urges people to think carefully before posting bail and to talk to a public defender or other lawyer first.

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Funds placed on his account pay for calls and commissary, not bail. It never pays for release. The Sheriff takes deposits online through its deposit service, 866-345-1884, by mail up to $200 using a postal money order or certified bank cashier's check, and at cash kiosks at the Castaic jails' visiting center with photo ID. Bail is a separate payment.

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A bondsman is for families who cannot pay the full amount. The California Department of Insurance says the charge is most commonly ten percent of the bond, companies must use their filed rates, and the premium is generally not refunded, even if charges are dropped. Look up any agent at insurance.ca.gov/bailbonds. Get the deal on paper, collateral and all.

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Yes, in some cases, but the court must approve it. The county's rules on where the property sits and the equity it must hold should be confirmed before you start. Check with the clerk where the case sits before spending money on an appraisal.

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The deadline is 48 hours after arrest (Sundays and holidays left out), under Penal Code 825. That first hearing is the arraignment. At that hearing bail may go up, down or away, and Penal Code 1318 lets the judge free someone on a signed promise to return. The courthouse is printed on the booking record or paperwork, and the Public Defender's office at that courthouse can tell you about the calendar.

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Often. For many misdemeanors, Penal Code 853.6 tells officers to cite and release adults. Exceptions include an open warrant, being too drunk, having no ID, or a domestic violence order. Ask the arresting agency, since some release decisions happen at the station before county booking.

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Under article I, section 12 of the state constitution, an LA judge may refuse bail in capital cases, certain violent or sex felonies, and felony threat cases. The judge first needs clear and convincing proof of danger. Penal Code 1270.1 requires a hearing in open court before release in serious felonies and some domestic violence cases. Paid bail does not always mean he walks out. He may stay put if probation or parole has a hold on him, or if another county wants him on a warrant. Ask the information line, 213-473-6100, which one applies.

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The Los Angeles County Public Defender represents people charged in county courts who have too little money to hire counsel. Request one when he first sees the judge, or phone the office at the courthouse where the arraignment is set, or the one nearest the arrest. Collect calls from custody are accepted, and the office suggests early morning or late afternoon. The directory line for all Public Defender offices is 213-974-2811. Citizenship does not disqualify anyone, and you are not asked to pay up front.

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The Probation Department runs the juvenile halls. Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, 7285 Quill Drive in Downey, 562-940-8681, is the one with a published phone line, and its Movement Control desk can confirm whether a youth is still there. Probation also lists Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles, plus the Sylmar juvenile hall, 818-364-2011, the Malibu youth campus, 818-889-1353, and a youth center in Commerce, 323-981-4301, as secure youth treatment programs. For a teen, Welfare and Institutions Code 632 sets a detention hearing no later than the end of the court day after the petition is filed. Some small misdemeanors use a 48-hour limit.

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The judge orders the bail forfeited. Under Penal Code 1305, the person has 180 days from the mailing of the notice, plus five days for mail, to be brought in. Tell the bondsman at once, and have the lawyer ask to recall the warrant.

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When the case closes and he made every date, LA refunds cash bail, minus any fines, fees or restitution owed. A bond company's premium does not. Keep the receipt.

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California's Supreme Court said no on April 30, 2026, in In re Kowalczyk. Money bail has to be fair and usually something a family can reach. If an LA judge thinks no amount would keep people safe, the court must hold a no-bail hearing under the state constitution. This builds on the 2021 Humphrey case, which began in San Francisco.

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Almost every adult the Sheriff holds passes through Inmate Reception Center, 450 Bauchet Street, Los Angeles. It is slow on purpose, because each step has to be finished before housing or release. Plan on these stages:

• Paperwork and prints: deputies check the arrest report, take fingerprints and a booking photo, and look for open warrants anywhere in the state.
• Medical screening: nurses ask about injuries, medicine, drug or alcohol withdrawal, and mental health, and they may send the person to the jail clinic first.
• Belongings: cash, phones, keys and clothes are bagged and written on a receipt the person signs.
• Housing decision: staff look at the charge, past record and health to pick a unit. Men often end up at the Twin Towers or the men's central jail next door, women at the Lynwood jail, and many people later go north to Castaic.
• Going home: once bail posts or a judge orders release, the person walks out through this same building, so a release can still take many hours after you pay.

During that first day the online search may read "in transit" or show no housing at all. Give it time and check again before you assume a mistake.

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A federal arrest leaves the Los Angeles court system entirely. The county bail schedule, the Sheriff's release desk and local bond agents have nothing to do with it. Here is the usual path in Los Angeles:

• The arrest: agents from the FBI, DEA, ATF, Homeland Security Investigations, the Secret Service or another U.S. agency make it, often at a home or workplace early in the morning.
• Court the same or next business day: he is brought to First Street U.S. Courthouse, 350 West 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 to see a magistrate judge. That judge explains the charges, decides on a lawyer and talks about custody.
• The pretrial interview: before that hearing, an officer from U.S. Pretrial Services, Central District of California asks him about his job, family, health and past record, then writes a short report for the judge.
• The detention hearing: the government can ask for up to three extra days to get ready, and his lawyer can ask for up to five. He stays locked up while he waits.
• The ruling: the judge may let him go on conditions such as a signed bond, a co-signer, travel limits, a curfew or an ankle monitor, or may keep him locked up until trial.

Any money involved is a federal bond set by that judge and filed with the federal clerk. Families sometimes sign as sureties or post property, but this is a court process, not a county bail slip.

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Most men and women waiting on a federal case from LA are held at the Metropolitan Detention Center, 535 N Alameda St, Los Angeles (213-485-0439), a federal jail a short walk from Union Station. When it runs out of space, the U.S. Marshals rent beds in other jails in Southern California, and someone can be moved with little warning.

The Marshals office for this district is U.S. Marshals Service, 350 West 1st Street, Suite 3001, Los Angeles, 213-620-7676. Ask them where a pretrial prisoner is housed if the online federal search comes up blank.

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An ICE detainer is a request from immigration officers. It asks the jail to tell them before the person goes home and to keep him up to 48 more hours, leaving out weekends and holidays, so agents can pick him up. That 48-hour limit comes from federal rule 8 CFR 287.7.

California changed this with SB 54 in 2017. Sheriff's deputies here do not hold anyone past their release time just because of a detainer. The law lets the jail share a release date only for people with certain serious or violent convictions on their record.

So for most people, a detainer does not stop a bail release. For the smaller group the law allows notice on, ICE may be waiting at the release door. Before any ICE interview inside the jail, the TRUTH Act says the person must get a written form explaining that they can say no or ask for a lawyer first.

Paying bail for someone with a detainer is a choice to talk over with a bond agent and an immigration lawyer. If ICE takes him after release, the bail is still owed to the county court case, and missing a state court date can forfeit it.

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Immigration arrests from Los Angeles are handled by Los Angeles ICE field office, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Room 7631, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 213-830-7911. People are usually processed in that downtown building first, then moved to a longer-term center. For this area that mostly means:

• Adelanto ICE Processing Center: 10400 Rancho Road (East) and 10250 Rancho Road (West), Adelanto, CA 92301 · 760-561-6100
• Desert View Annex: 10400 Rancho Road, Adelanto, CA 92301

The Adelanto sites sit about 85 miles northeast of downtown in the high desert, so call before you drive out for a visit.

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Each agency keeps its own list. Work down this list in order, because a person can move from one to the next in a matter of days:

• County jails and LAPD lockups: open Los Angeles County Inmate Search. Type his last name and first name, and add the birth date if you know it. The result shows a booking number, the building he is in, how much bail is set and when he goes to court next. Nothing there? He could be sitting in a city police station, so wait a few hours and try again, or call the Sheriff's information line.
• Status in any California county: go to VINELink (https://vinelink.vineapps.com/) and choose California. Search by name or by booking number. Many families think of it only as a victim alert site, but it also lists people who are in custody and which facility has them. If nothing shows up, try fewer letters of the name or check back the next day.
• Federal custody: use the Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator (https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/). Search by his federal register number, or by first and last name with age, race and sex if you know them. A match shows which federal site holds him and a planned release date. People still waiting for trial at the Metropolitan Detention Center, 535 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213-485-0439), may not appear in that locator; the U.S. Marshals office at 350 West 1st Street, Suite 3001, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213-620-7676) keeps their custody records.
• State prison: use the CDCR Inmate Locator (https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/). Enter his CDCR number if you have it, or his last and first name. You will see the prison he is at and when he arrived. Someone just sentenced in an LA courtroom can stay in county custody for weeks before the transfer, so he will not appear there yet.
• Immigration custody: open the ICE Online Detainee Locator System (https://locator.ice.gov/odls/). The best search is his A-number plus his country of birth. Without that number, type his full name as it appears on his ID, pick the country he was born in, and add the birth date if you like. A match tells you which detention center has him and how to contact it. Adults only appear here, and new arrests can take a day or two to show. If you still find nothing, call 213-830-7911.

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Los Angeles Superior Court spreads its work over dozens of buildings. Most jail cases start downtown on Bauchet Street, right across from the booking center. After that, the case usually moves to the courthouse that covers the city where the arrest took place. Here is every courthouse, with its street address and main phone:

• Central arraignment courthouse: 429 Bauchet Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 · 213-617-5600
• Criminal justice center: 210 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 · 213-628-7700
• Civil courthouse on Hill Street: 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 · 213-830-0800
• Spring Street courthouse: 312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 · 213-310-7000
• Metropolitan courthouse: 1945 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007 · 213-745-3200
• Hollywood courthouse: 5925 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028 · 323-441-1800
• East Los Angeles courthouse: 4848 East Civic Center Way, Los Angeles, CA 90022 · 323-881-5800
• Eastlake juvenile courthouse: 1601 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033 · 323-227-4399
• Children's court (Monterey Park): 201 Centre Plaza Drive, Monterey Park, CA 91754 · 323-307-8000
• Airport courthouse: 11701 South La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90045 · 310-725-3000
• Alhambra courthouse: 150 West Commonwealth Avenue, Alhambra, CA 91801 · 626-293-2100
• Bellflower courthouse: 10025 East Flower Street, Bellflower, CA 90706 · 562-345-3300
• Beverly Hills courthouse: 9355 Burton Way, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 · 310-281-2400
• Burbank courthouse: 300 East Olive Avenue, Burbank, CA 91502 · 818-260-8400
• Catalina courthouse: 215 Sumner Avenue, Avalon, CA 90704 · 562-256-3100
• Chatsworth courthouse: 9425 Penfield Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311 · 818-407-2200
• Compton courthouse: 200 West Compton Boulevard, Compton, CA 90220 · 310-761-4300
• Downey courthouse: 7500 East Imperial Highway, Downey, CA 90242 · 562-658-0500
• El Monte courthouse: 11234 East Valley Boulevard, El Monte, CA 91731 · 626-401-2200
• Glendale courthouse: 600 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91206 · 818-265-6400
• Inglewood courthouse: One Regent Street, Inglewood, CA 90301 · 310-419-1300
• Inglewood juvenile courthouse: 110 Regent Street, Inglewood, CA 90301 · 310-412-8301
• Antelope Valley courthouse: 42011 4th Street West, Lancaster, CA 93534 · 661-483-5500
• Lancaster juvenile justice center: 1040 West Avenue J, Lancaster, CA 93534 · 661-483-5924
• Long Beach courthouse: 275 Magnolia Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802 · 562-256-3100
• Norwalk courthouse: 12720 Norwalk Boulevard, Norwalk, CA 90650 · 562-345-3700
• Pasadena courthouse: 300 East Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91101 · 626-396-3300
• Pomona courthouse south: 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 · 909-802-1100
• San Fernando courthouse: 900 Third Street, San Fernando, CA 91340 · 818-256-1800
• Santa Clarita courthouse: 23747 West Valencia Boulevard, Santa Clarita, CA 91355 · 661-253-5600
• Santa Monica courthouse: 1725 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 · 310-255-1840
• Sylmar juvenile courthouse: 16350 Filbert Street, Sylmar, CA 91342 · 818-256-1180
• Torrance courthouse: 825 Maple Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503 · 310-787-3700
• Van Nuys courthouse east: 6230 Sylmar Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 91401 · 818-901-4600
• Van Nuys courthouse west: 14400 Erwin Street Mall, Van Nuys, CA 91401 · 818-989-6900
• West Covina courthouse: 1427 West Covina Parkway, West Covina, CA 91790 · 626-430-2600
• Whittier courthouse: 7339 South Painter Avenue, Whittier, CA 90602 · 562-968-2699

Check the notice the jail hands out, or the case lookup, for the exact building and department before driving across town. Parking near Bauchet Street fills up early on weekday mornings.

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Los Angeles County runs the largest trial court in the United States, with dozens of courthouses spread from Lancaster to Long Beach and from Malibu to Pomona. All of them belong to one institution, the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. California eliminated its municipal courts around 2000 by merging them into a single superior court in each county, so even a misdemeanor filed in the City of Los Angeles is a superior court case, not a “city court” matter. The flagship criminal building is the downtown Criminal Justice Center, 210 W. Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, named for California’s first woman lawyer and the person who first championed the idea of a public defender. County listings give its felony intake line as (213) 893-0751 and its misdemeanor intake line as (213) 974-1568. Next door to the downtown jails, the Central Arraignment Courts at 429 Bauchet Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 handle many in-custody first appearances.

Outside downtown, criminal cases are heard in regional courthouses close to where the arrest happened. Some of the major ones:

• Airport Courthouse, 11701 S. La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90045 (West District)
• Van Nuys Courthouse West, 14400 Erwin Street Mall, Van Nuys, CA 91401, and San Fernando Courthouse, 900 Third Street, San Fernando, CA 91340 (San Fernando Valley)
• Antelope Valley Courthouse, 42011 4th Street West, Lancaster, CA 93534 (North District)
• Pasadena Courthouse, 300 E. Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91101 (Northeast District)
• Pomona Courthouse South, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 (East District)
• Compton Courthouse, 200 W. Compton Boulevard, Compton, CA 90220 (South Central District)
• Long Beach Courthouse, 275 Magnolia Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802 (South District)
• Torrance Courthouse, 825 Maple Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503 (Southwest District)
• Norwalk Courthouse, 12720 Norwalk Boulevard, Norwalk, CA 90650 (Southeast District)

Many other branch courthouses also hear misdemeanors, so rely on the courthouse and department printed on your citation or bail paperwork, and use the court’s online location finder for directions and phone numbers. Pick a charge level below to read more.

Who prosecutes a misdemeanor in Los Angeles County depends on the city where it happened. Inside the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles City Attorney files the charges. Long Beach has its own elected City Prosecutor, and Santa Monica, Pasadena, Burbank, Glendale, Inglewood, Torrance, Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach also prosecute their own misdemeanors. Everywhere else, including unincorporated areas patrolled by the Sheriff’s Department, the Los Angeles County District Attorney handles them.

A large share of misdemeanor arrests end with a citation rather than a booking. He signs a promise to come back and gets a court date at the local courthouse. Someone who is booked, whether at a police station jail or the Sheriff’s Inmate Reception Center downtown, have an arraignment inside two days, a window that leaves out Sundays and holidays.

At arraignment the defendant hears the charges, usually pleads not guilty and learns the release terms. People who can’t afford a private lawyer and face possible jail are represented by the Los Angeles County Public Defender, the first government-run public defender office in the country, founded in 1914. California courts no longer charge defendants for appointed counsel. Under state law, a defense lawyer can often appear for a misdemeanor client who isn’t present.

Most misdemeanors are settled at pretrial conferences through a plea, a reduction or a dismissal. A judge may grant misdemeanor diversion, dismissing the charge once the person completes counseling, classes or other terms; DUI, domestic violence and offenses requiring sex-offender registration are excluded. Twelve jurors hear any trial. A jailed defendant can demand trial within 30 days of arraignment, or 45 if released, but most give up that deadline.

Most misdemeanors are capped at six months in county jail and a $1,000 fine; some allow up to a year. Summary probation, fines, community labor and classes are the typical outcomes. The whole process usually lasts anywhere from a few weeks to a few months.

City prosecutors stop at misdemeanors. Every felony in the county, including those arising in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Pasadena, is filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney. A defendant held in custody is arraigned on the felony complaint within 48 hours, either downtown at the Central Arraignment Courts or the downtown Criminal Justice Center, or at the regional courthouse for the district where the arrest occurred. Release and bail are decided there. Since In re Humphrey (2021), the California Supreme Court has required judges to consider a person’s ability to pay before setting bail. In April 2026 the court added, in In re Kowalczyk, that money bail in Los Angeles and statewide must generally be attainable, so an unpayable amount cannot replace a lawful no-bail hearing.

Indigent defense in Los Angeles has three layers. The Public Defender takes most appointments at arraignment. A conflict sends the case to LA’s Alternate Public Defender. If that office is blocked too, a panel lawyer under county contract steps in.

The preliminary hearing comes within 10 court days of arraignment unless the defense waives the deadline. The judge hears the proof and rules on whether the case goes on to trial. The District Attorney sometimes goes to the county criminal grand jury instead, especially in high-profile cases, which replaces the preliminary hearing. Once a case is held to answer, the DA files an “information,” a second arraignment follows, and trial must start within 60 days unless time is waived. Waivers are the norm, and pleas resolve the great majority of felonies.

The Los Angeles County Probation Department writes a presentence report after a conviction, and sentencing usually occurs within 20 court days. Many lower-level felonies are served in county jail under 2011 realignment, and “wobblers” may be charged or reduced as misdemeanors. The county also operates a broad set of collaborative courts, such as drug, veterans and mental health courts, that can offer treatment-based alternatives for eligible defendants. A felony case usually takes several months and often more than a year.

Many of the county’s homicide and major-crime trials take place at the downtown Criminal Justice Center downtown, though regional courthouses try serious cases as well. The procedure is the familiar felony sequence of arraignment, preliminary hearing or grand jury indictment, and trial. Bail is the first place the difference shows. Under article I, section 12 of the California Constitution, a judge can deny bail for a violent or sexual-assault felony on clear and convincing evidence that releasing the person carries a substantial likelihood of great bodily harm to others. Defendants in these cases frequently remain in the Sheriff’s custody until verdict.

These offenses qualify as strikes. A prior strike doubles the sentence, and two prior strikes can bring 25 years to life. For violent felonies, no less than 85% of the prison sentence has to be served.

• Murder: 15 years to life for second degree; 25 years to life for first degree. With a special circumstance, such as murder during a robbery or rape, the possible penalties are life without parole or death. Seeking death is solely the District Attorney’s decision, and California has been under an execution moratorium since 2019.
• Armed robbery: up to nine years on the robbery. Gun add-ons bring 10 more years when a firearm is used, 20 when fired, and 25 to life when someone suffers great bodily injury. Judges have had authority to strike those enhancements since 2018.
• Rape: up to eight years, more with aggravating factors, plus sex-offender registration at the highest tier.

Experienced trial lawyers from the Public Defender and Alternate Public Defender handle many of these cases, and two qualified attorneys are appointed whenever the prosecution seeks death. In LA, Marsy’s Law means a victim hears about each hearing, may speak before sentence and can get repaid. Lab work, experts and long investigations mean most of these cases last between one and three years. Murder trials in LA often need five or more.

Criminal, juvenile and family cases in Los Angeles are split among the buildings below. Jail arraignments mostly begin on Bauchet Street, and later hearings shift to the courthouse covering the neighborhood or city where the arrest happened. Big trials and many felonies are heard on Temple Street.

• Central arraignment courthouse: 429 Bauchet Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 · 213-617-5600
• Criminal justice center: 210 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 · 213-628-7700
• Civil courthouse on Hill Street: 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 · 213-830-0800
• Spring Street courthouse: 312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 · 213-310-7000
• Metropolitan courthouse: 1945 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007 · 213-745-3200
• Hollywood courthouse: 5925 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028 · 323-441-1800
• East Los Angeles courthouse: 4848 East Civic Center Way, Los Angeles, CA 90022 · 323-881-5800
• Eastlake juvenile courthouse: 1601 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033 · 323-227-4399
• Children's court (Monterey Park): 201 Centre Plaza Drive, Monterey Park, CA 91754 · 323-307-8000
• Airport courthouse: 11701 South La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90045 · 310-725-3000
• Alhambra courthouse: 150 West Commonwealth Avenue, Alhambra, CA 91801 · 626-293-2100
• Bellflower courthouse: 10025 East Flower Street, Bellflower, CA 90706 · 562-345-3300
• Beverly Hills courthouse: 9355 Burton Way, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 · 310-281-2400
• Burbank courthouse: 300 East Olive Avenue, Burbank, CA 91502 · 818-260-8400
• Catalina courthouse: 215 Sumner Avenue, Avalon, CA 90704 · 562-256-3100
• Chatsworth courthouse: 9425 Penfield Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311 · 818-407-2200
• Compton courthouse: 200 West Compton Boulevard, Compton, CA 90220 · 310-761-4300
• Downey courthouse: 7500 East Imperial Highway, Downey, CA 90242 · 562-658-0500
• El Monte courthouse: 11234 East Valley Boulevard, El Monte, CA 91731 · 626-401-2200
• Glendale courthouse: 600 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91206 · 818-265-6400
• Inglewood courthouse: One Regent Street, Inglewood, CA 90301 · 310-419-1300
• Inglewood juvenile courthouse: 110 Regent Street, Inglewood, CA 90301 · 310-412-8301
• Antelope Valley courthouse: 42011 4th Street West, Lancaster, CA 93534 · 661-483-5500
• Lancaster juvenile justice center: 1040 West Avenue J, Lancaster, CA 93534 · 661-483-5924
• Long Beach courthouse: 275 Magnolia Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802 · 562-256-3100
• Norwalk courthouse: 12720 Norwalk Boulevard, Norwalk, CA 90650 · 562-345-3700
• Pasadena courthouse: 300 East Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91101 · 626-396-3300
• Pomona courthouse south: 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 · 909-802-1100
• San Fernando courthouse: 900 Third Street, San Fernando, CA 91340 · 818-256-1800
• Santa Clarita courthouse: 23747 West Valencia Boulevard, Santa Clarita, CA 91355 · 661-253-5600
• Santa Monica courthouse: 1725 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 · 310-255-1840
• Sylmar juvenile courthouse: 16350 Filbert Street, Sylmar, CA 91342 · 818-256-1180
• Torrance courthouse: 825 Maple Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503 · 310-787-3700
• Van Nuys courthouse east: 6230 Sylmar Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 91401 · 818-901-4600
• Van Nuys courthouse west: 14400 Erwin Street Mall, Van Nuys, CA 91401 · 818-989-6900
• West Covina courthouse: 1427 West Covina Parkway, West Covina, CA 91790 · 626-430-2600
• Whittier courthouse: 7339 South Painter Avenue, Whittier, CA 90602 · 562-968-2699

Courtrooms are called departments. Your notice or the online case search will name both the building and the department number, and the clerk's office for that building can confirm it by phone.

Federal crimes from anywhere in the county, from Lancaster down to Long Beach and out to Pomona, belong to the Western Division of the Central District of California. The Superior Court plays no part, and state bail rules do not apply. Families usually see these steps:

• Initial appearance: usually by the next court day, the person stands before a magistrate judge at First Street U.S. Courthouse, 350 West 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. The judge goes over the charges, tells him his rights, and assigns a federal public defender if needed.
• Pretrial Services report: before that hearing, an officer interviews the defendant and checks his history, then gives the judge a release recommendation.
• Detention hearing: under the Bail Reform Act, the judge decides whether any set of conditions can make sure he comes back and keeps the public safe. The prosecutor may ask to delay this by up to three days and the defense by up to five.
• Arraignment and later dates: a plea is entered and the case goes to a district judge for motions, plea talks or trial.
• Other federal building: more district judges and federal offices sit at 255 East Temple Street, Los Angeles, so some later hearings may be held there.

Federal defendants who are not released are held mainly at the Metropolitan Detention Center, 535 N Alameda St, Los Angeles (213-485-0439). For questions about where a pretrial prisoner is housed or moved, contact U.S. Marshals Service, 350 West 1st Street, Suite 3001, Los Angeles, 213-620-7676.

An ICE detainer is a paper sent to the jail, not an order from a judge. It asks the Sheriff to report a release date and to hold the person up to 48 extra hours, and weekends and holidays count, under 8 CFR 287.7. In California, SB 54 bars the Sheriff from that extra holding, and it limits release-date notices to people with certain serious or violent convictions.

For the court case itself, a detainer does not change the charges, the judge or the hearing dates. It can matter a lot for pleas, because some convictions carry harsh immigration results. California law expects defense lawyers to advise clients on that, so tell the lawyer early about the person's immigration status.

Before any ICE interview inside the jail, the TRUTH Act requires a written notice that the interview is voluntary and that a lawyer can be present. Immigration cases in this area are handled from Los Angeles ICE field office, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Room 7631, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 213-830-7911, and people are mostly held at:

• Adelanto ICE Processing Center: 10400 Rancho Road (East) and 10250 Rancho Road (West), Adelanto, CA 92301 · 760-561-6100
• Desert View Annex: 10400 Rancho Road, Adelanto, CA 92301

Immigration court hearings are a separate federal system with their own judges. They are not part of the Los Angeles Superior Court case.

Courts do not keep a list of who is in custody. Use these searches instead, starting with the county one:

• Sheriff and city lockups: Los Angeles County Inmate Search covers the Sheriff's jails and LAPD jails. Enter a last and first name, and a birth date if you have it. The record lists the facility, the charge, bail and the next hearing with its courthouse. An empty result in the first hours can just mean booking is not finished.
• VINE custody lookup: at VINELink (https://vinelink.vineapps.com/), pick California, then search by name or ID number. It shows who is held and where across many California jails, so it helps when you are not sure which county made the arrest. If there is no match, try other spellings later.
• Federal prisoners: at the Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator (https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/), enter the register number or a full name. It lists the federal site and expected release date. Pretrial prisoners may not show up at all, so call the Marshals at 213-620-7676.
• State prison: at the CDCR Inmate Locator (https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/), use the CDCR number or a last and first name. It shows the prison and arrival date, but only after transfer out of county custody.
• Immigration detention: at the ICE Online Detainee Locator System (https://locator.ice.gov/odls/), enter the A-number and country of birth, or the full name and country of birth. It names the center and gives its contact details. It leaves out anyone under 18. If no match appears after two days, phone 213-830-7911.

Usually the Sheriff's Department or the police agency that filed the case; LAPD, Long Beach and dozens of city departments serve their own. The Sheriff's information line is (213) 229-1700, and statewide checks start there or with the agency holding the case. A case number or name in the Superior Court's criminal case summary shows whether a bench warrant issued. The Criminal Justice Center clerk at 210 West Temple Street handles new dates. Lawyers often arrange a surrender at the Inmate Reception Center, 450 Bauchet Street, and many ask the judge to recall the warrant first so you walk in with a hearing already set.