Siskiyou County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds
Siskiyou County bail and bond: the Yreka jail, the Fourth Street court, and a long drive for teens
Anyone arrested as an adult in Siskiyou County, from Weed to Tulelake, ends up at the Siskiyou County Jail, 315 South Oregon Street, Yreka, CA 96097. Scroll down for sample bail amounts, the ways to pay, and what a judge looks at.
Type the name into the Siskiyou County Inmate Search and check whether bail is listed. Our Siskiyou County Inmate Search page also covers who is in custody, warrants and public defenders.
A brand-new booking may take hours to show up. Phone the jail desk at 530-842-8157 and ask what the bail is, if it is set, and how it can be paid. Then learn where the case will be heard on our Siskiyou court page.
1. Is my husband in the Siskiyou jail right now?
Type his name into Siskiyou County Inmate Search. A booking that happened minutes ago may not appear yet, and booking can take from an hour to a full day or more on busy nights. A blank Siskiyou result is a cue to phone the Sheriff at 530-842-8300; staff can say which agency booked him.
2. In Yreka, who holds him and who decides the bail amount?
The Sheriff-Coroner's Office runs the jail from headquarters at 305 Butte Street, Yreka. Deputies do not choose the amount. The Superior Court judges adopt a county bail schedule, and a judge can change it for one person. The Sheriff's non-emergency desk is 530-842-8300; dispatch is 530-841-2900.
3. What time does the courthouse open, and where is it?
The Superior Court is at 411 Fourth Street, Yreka, CA 96097. Call 530-842-0411 for the clerk's hours and for the date of a first hearing. It speeds things up to read off his legal name, birth date and booking number. Siskiyou County has only the one Superior Court, so a California felony or misdemeanor does not go to a separate district or municipal court.
4. How long can he sit before a judge hears him?
Yreka has 48 hours, under Penal Code 825, to bring a booked person to court, leaving out Sundays and holidays. If he is arrested Saturday, the first hearing may not come until Monday or Tuesday. Ask the court at 530-842-0411 which day he is on the calendar.
5. How much is bail for a fight, a theft, or a domestic violence charge?
Siskiyou judges adopt a local schedule each year. The amounts below come from the version adopted January 10, 2023. A 2026 schedule took effect January 1, 2026, so ask the court before you rely on a number.
Battery, $3,000. Domestic violence injury (Penal Code 273.5), $5,000 as a misdemeanor and $50,000 as a felony. Assault with a deadly weapon, $25,000. Burglary of a home, $50,000; other burglary, $15,000. Robbery, $100,000 for first degree and $50,000 for second. Grand theft, $15,000 or the amount stolen, whichever is higher. Murder: $1,000,000 or $500,000, depending on type. No bail for capital murder.
6. May a Yreka judge move the posted bail figure up or down?
Yes. The schedule is a starting point. Serious and violent felonies and certain domestic violence charges need a court hearing before release (Penal Code 1270.1). The state's top court added a rule in 2026 (In re Kowalczyk): Siskiyou judges look at what someone can pay and consider non-money release before cash bail. A lawyer can ask for a review.
7. Which payments does Yreka accept, and at what window?
The jail's bail guide lists cash, money orders, credit cards, a licensed bail company, and local property as ways to post. Confirm them with the jail desk at 315 South Oregon Street, Yreka, CA 96097 (530-842-8157) before driving. The court says it does not send text messages about payments. Treat any text asking you to pay as a scam.
8. Is an agent required in Siskiyou?
A Yreka agent makes sense when the family can't post the full figure. According to state insurance regulators, agents mostly take ten percent, and a few knock a bit off. That fee is never refunded. Get the price, the collateral, and what happens if he misses court written down before you sign.
9. Can I use my house or land?
Possibly. Property bond steps differ from court to court. Before ordering a title report, phone the Yreka clerk at 530-842-0411. Ask whether out-of-county land is accepted, what equity is needed and what paperwork goes with the deed.
10. Why does it say no bail for her?
Siskiyou judges can refuse bail outright in just three kinds of cases under Article I, section 12: death-eligible charges; violent or sex felonies where the evidence is strong and freedom likely means serious injury to someone; and felonies where she threatened great harm and seems likely to follow through. Holds lodged by her parole agent, a probation officer or a different county block release as well. Local rules treat capital murder as no bail.
11. If Siskiyou family funds can't cover a lawyer, who steps in?
Raise it with the Yreka judge at arraignment. A listing for the Siskiyou County Public Defender's Office gives 320 South Oregon Street, Yreka, and 530-842-8105. Confirm that number with the court at 530-842-0411 before relying on it.
12. My son is 16. Where is he held?
Siskiyou County's probation page says youth who must be held are housed at the Tehama County juvenile detention facility and driven there by juvenile correctional officers. The old youth correctional center in Yreka now serves as a day reporting center. The Probation Department's Juvenile Division, 269 Sharps Road, Yreka, answers at 530-841-4180; ask which probation officer has his case. Juvenile files are private.
13. What if the arrest happened in Weed, Dorris, or another small town?
Most arrests in the county end with booking in Yreka, but city police or the Highway Patrol may bring a person in. The Sheriff's front desk at 530-842-8300 can name the arresting agency and the court handling it. We found no city jail in Siskiyou, so expect the county jail in Yreka.
14. Siskiyou court date missed: now what?
The Siskiyou judge can forfeit the bond the moment she fails to appear. Whoever posted it then has 180 days, plus five for mailing, to bring her back and have the forfeiture lifted (Penal Code 1305). Call the court at 530-842-0411 and a lawyer the same day.
15. How long until Yreka refunds cash bail?
Cash posted in Yreka is refunded at the finish, less whatever fines, fees or restitution the judge assigns. An agent's ten percent is never refunded. Hang on to receipts that show the case number.
16. Does a Siskiyou judge have to consider what we can pay?
Yes. Humphrey (2021) made ability to pay part of every bail decision, and Kowalczyk (2026) says the amount must generally be reachable. Bring your income details to the Yreka hearing or give them to the lawyer.
17. Where is Siskiyou County's courthouse?
Siskiyou's court is in Yreka, near the Oregon border:
- Siskiyou courthouse: 411 Fourth Street, Yreka, CA 96097 · 530-842-0411
18. Siskiyou federal arrest: who handles release?
Siskiyou is part of the Eastern District of California; early hearings may be held by the magistrate judge in Redding:
- The first appearance is in Redding or at Sacramento federal courthouse, 501 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
- Pretrial Services reports.
- Next, Yreka defendants learn whether they go home.
- The Marshals house detained people.
Marshals: U.S. Marshals Service, 501 I Street, Suite 5600, Sacramento, 916-930-2030.
19. Can ICE hold someone at the Yreka jail after bail?
SB 54 says no. Release timing may reach ICE only if there's a serious or violent conviction. A TRUTH Act notice is required before interviews.
San Francisco ICE field office, 630 Sansome Street, Room 590, San Francisco, CA 94111, 415-365-8800 covers Siskiyou. Detainees go 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
20. Yreka, Weed or Dunsmuir arrest: what should we search?
- Siskiyou County Inmate Search: name; booking and bail.
- VINELink (https://vinelink.vineapps.com/): California; facility.
- Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator (https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/): register number or name; pretrial: 916-930-2030.
- CDCR Inmate Locator (https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/): CDCR number or name.
- ICE Online Detainee Locator System (https://locator.ice.gov/odls/): A-number or name and birth country; else 415-365-8800.
21. How do I tell a true call from a scam?
Real officials won't demand gift cards, wires, or payment-app transfers to free someone. End that call, then reach the Sheriff at 530-842-8300 or the Yreka court at 530-842-0411 using numbers you looked up.
Siskiyou County bond contacts
- County jail: Siskiyou County Jail, 315 South Oregon Street, Yreka, CA 96097; Sheriff's main line 530-842-8300
- Bail guide: Yreka jail bail steps
- Custody lookup: Siskiyou County Inmate Search
- Sheriff-Coroner: 305 Butte Street, Yreka, CA 96097; 530-842-8300; dispatch 530-841-2900
- Superior Court: 411 Fourth Street, Yreka, CA 96097; 530-842-0411; court website
- Public defender: 320 South Oregon Street, Yreka, CA 96097; 530-842-8105
- Youth detention: Tehama County juvenile detention facility, by contract; Probation Juvenile Division, 269 Sharps Road, Yreka, 530-841-4180
Yreka's bail figures, payment steps and phone lines get updated from time to time. Check with the court or the Sheriff before paying anything; one judge's order can change the number for one case. This guide gives general information only, not legal advice.
Siskiyou County Jail
Address:
315 South Oregon Street
Yreka, CA 96097
Phone:
530-842-8157