Sutter County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Type his name into Sutter County Inmate Search. Brand-new Sutter bookings can lag an hour or two online, so check back. If you still see nothing, phone the jail at 530-822-7300. That number is the one for custody questions.

Keep his legal name and birthday at hand when calling. Ask the deputy whether any other agency has asked to keep him.

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Go to the jail lobby at 1077 Civic Center Boulevard and speak to the control room deputy. That deputy starts the paperwork. Lobby hours aren't online for the Sutter jail. Phone 530-822-7300 first, above all for a late-night or weekend trip.

The courthouse is next door at 1175 Civic Center Boulevard, but the Sheriff's Office directs bail payments to the jail lobby.

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The Sheriff lists three: The Yuba City window accepts American cash, money orders and cashier's checks. Sutter jail staff refuse personal checks. Write cashier's checks and money orders to "Sutter County Consolidated Courts," or the deputy cannot take them.

Bring photo ID. Families who can't raise it all in Yuba City can turn to a licensed agent. Ask the jail desk whether a card or online payment is possible, because the Sheriff's page does not say.

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The jail says it releases people as soon as it can, and that all court-ordered releases are finished by 7 p.m. each evening, depending on how busy the jail is. A person who has served a sentence is processed out at 5 a.m. on the release date.

Plan on a wait of several hours, and call the lobby first if timing matters. He leaves through the front lobby of the Sheriff's Office.

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The Superior Court adopts a bail schedule each year under Penal Code 1269b. The 2026 schedule was approved December 1, 2025. Examples for adults: simple battery $2,500; petty theft $1,000; trespass $1,000; first DUI $1,801; driving on a suspended license $1,120.

Felony examples: burglary $15,000 (first degree $50,000); grand theft $15,000; assault with a deadly weapon $30,000; DUI causing injury $50,000; corporal injury to a spouse or partner $50,000. A judge can set a different amount, so the jail's number for your case is the one that counts.

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For some charges, Penal Code 1270.1 requires an open-court hearing in Yuba City before anyone goes free. These include serious or violent felonies, felony corporal injury, criminal threats, and domestic battery under Penal Code 243(e)(1). Until that hearing, the schedule amount alone will not open the door.

Ask the control room deputy at 530-822-7300 whether your relative's charges are on that list.

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Use one only if you cannot put up the whole amount. State insurance regulators report ten percent as the common premium, based on each company's filed rates. That money usually stays with the agent even when Sutter drops the case. Bail agents may not solicit you; you must call them.

Get the fee and collateral written down before signing anything.

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Sometimes, but a judge must approve it after a hearing. Penal Code 1298 requires equity worth twice the bail. It's unclear whether Sutter accepts land in another county. Call the court's criminal office at 530-822-3306 before you collect deeds.

Expect all owners on the title to sign, and expect more delay than with cash.

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Penal Code 825 requires an arrest to be followed by a court appearance within 48 hours, not counting Sundays and holidays. Sutter County cases are heard at the Sutter County Superior Courthouse, 1175 Civic Center Boulevard, Yuba City; the building is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The criminal clerk, 530-822-3306, can tell you the courtroom and time once the case has a number.

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A judge can raise it or lower it. Under Penal Code 1275, public safety comes first, followed by the seriousness of the charge, criminal history, and the chance that he returns to court. Two state Supreme Court cases, Humphrey in 2021 and Kowalczyk in 2026, require Sutter judges to weigh non-cash conditions and to keep any money bail within reach of the person.

A defense lawyer asks for the change. The public defender is at 604 B Street, Suite 1, Yuba City, 530-822-7355.

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Article I, section 12 lets a Yuba City judge deny bail on a capital charge backed by strong proof. Violent or sex felonies qualify too, where the judge sees a real chance someone would be gravely hurt. Special-circumstance murder carries "no bail" on Sutter's list.

Outside holds from probation, parole or other counties keep people in Yuba City as well. The jail desk, 530-822-7300, can tell you which applies.

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Penal Code 853.6 calls this a cite-and-release. He promised to appear in court on the date written on the notice, usually at least 10 days out. Skipping that date can lead to a warrant.

Check the date with the criminal clerk at 530-822-3306. If Yuba City police made the arrest, their non-emergency line is 530-822-4660.

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The Sheriff covers the unincorporated areas and Live Oak, which has a Sheriff's substation instead of its own police department. Yuba City has its own police department. We did not find a city lockup on any official page, so assume a booked adult is at the county jail and confirm with the jail.

The Sheriff's main non-emergency number is 530-822-7307.

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Sutter, Yuba, and Colusa counties share a youth campus in Marysville, 915 8th Street. Its secure detention building is the Tri-County Youth Development Center, 938 14th Street. Youth records stay confidential and won't appear in Sutter's adult lookup.

Call the Superior Court juvenile office at 530-822-3312 to learn where a teen is held. Welfare and Institutions Code 632 requires a judge to review the hold fast, typically the next court day after the petition.

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A Sutter judge may forfeit the bail and order a warrant. From the date the clerk mails notice, Penal Code 1305 allows 180 days plus 5 for mail to get him back to court or ask that the forfeiture be set aside. If a bail agent posted the bond, call the agent right away.

Contact the court criminal desk at 530-822-3306 to ask about a new date.

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Money for phone calls and store items is separate from bail, and it does not release anyone. Keep every receipt, and write on it which one you paid. Never pay bail by gift card or app transfer to someone who calls you; the Sheriff's Office describes payment at the jail lobby.

Questions about a deposit can go to the jail at 530-822-7300.

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Generally. The state high court said on April 30, 2026 that cash bail must stay fair and within reach. In Yuba City, the public defender can share the family's income and ask for a lower figure or conditions instead.

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Sutter's court is in Yuba City:

• Sutter courthouse: 1175 Civic Center Boulevard, Yuba City, CA 95993 · 530-822-3300

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Sutter is in the Sacramento division of the Eastern District of California:

• A magistrate judge at Sacramento federal courthouse, 501 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 hears him.
• Pretrial Services reports on him.
• The court sets release terms or detains.
• The Marshals house detained people.

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

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SB 54 prevents it. Release timing goes to ICE only after a serious or violent conviction. A TRUTH Act notice is needed before ICE interviews.

San Francisco ICE field office, 630 Sansome Street, Room 590, San Francisco, CA 94111, 415-365-8800 covers Sutter. 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

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• Sutter County Inmate Search: name; booking.
• 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.

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Yes. The Sutter court at 530-822-3300 can check the bail set on the case and the hearing time.

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