Tehama County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Start with Tehama County Inmate Search and enter her last name. Someone arrested within the past hour or two may be in the booking area and may take a while to appear. If she still does not appear, phone the jail staff at 530-529-7910.

The jail books about 2,500 people in a year, so staff are used to these calls. Give her full name and birth date.

The judges of Tehama Superior Court adopted a jail bail schedule that took effect January 1, 2026. Misdemeanors not named are $3,000, and felonies not named are $15,000.

A few Tehama schedule figures:

• First DUI: $5,000
• Domestic battery: $5,000
• Assault with a deadly weapon: $30,000
• Robbery: $50,000
• Home burglary: $50,000
• Murder: $1,000,000, or none with a charged special circumstance

Drug sale charges climb by weight. Possession for sale under Health and Safety Code 11378, up to 6 ounces, is $15,000. The booking sheet at the jail shows the amount for her case, and a judge can change it.

Tehama's Sheriff hasn't put window hours or accepted payments online. Ring the Red Bluff jail at 530-529-7910 and ask what the deputies will take, what ID you need, and when the window is open. The Sheriff's administration office at 22840 Antelope Boulevard is open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., but bail for an inmate is handled at the jail on Oak Street.

Leave Red Bluff with a paper receipt showing her name and booking number.

Deposits for commissary and phone use go on an inmate account, by kiosk in the jail, by phone at 866-345-1884, or online through the Sheriff's listed deposit site. That money does not release her. Pay bail only through the jail or a licensed bail agent.

If someone phones you and demands a gift card to "free" her, hang up and dial the jail yourself.

A Red Bluff agent helps when the family can't post the whole bail. According to state insurance regulators, the premium is mostly ten percent under each company's filed rates, and agents keep it even if Tehama dismisses the case. A bail agent cannot approach you first; you or her lawyer must make the call.

Insist the Red Bluff agent lists, on paper, the premium, what you're pledging and the price of a no-show.

It may be possible. Under Penal Code 1298, Tehama holds a hearing, and the property's equity must be double the bail. We found no Tehama rule on whether land outside California counts. The Criminal Division of the court can tell you, at 530-527-3563. Ask before you pay for a title report or appraisal.

It moves slower than a cash payment.

Criminal hearings are held in Red Bluff. The Criminal Division is at 1740 Walnut Street, open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at 530-527-3563. Penal Code 825 requires a first court appearance within 48 hours of arrest, not counting Sundays and holidays.

Ask the clerk which department hears her case and the time to arrive.

Penal Code 1270.1 sets an open-court hearing requirement for certain charges before anyone leaves the Red Bluff jail. They include serious or violent felonies, felony corporal injury to a partner, criminal threats, and domestic battery. Paying the schedule amount does not skip that step.

Ask the jail desk at 530-529-7910 whether her charges are on that list.

Yes. Under Article I, section 12, Tehama judges can deny bail outright on a death-eligible charge if the evidence is solid. The same goes for violent or sex felonies when freeing her would likely put others at risk of serious injury. Probation, parole or another county's hold will also keep her in Red Bluff.

The Tehama schedule itself lists no bail for murder with special circumstances.

Yes. Her lawyer can ask the Red Bluff judge to cut the bail or release her with no money down. Under Penal Code 1275 the judge weighs public safety first, then the charge, her record, and whether she will come back. Humphrey (2021) and Kowalczyk (2026), both state Supreme Court rulings, tell Tehama judges to try free release conditions first and keep any cash bail affordable for the person.

Pay stubs, a lease or mortgage bill, and proof of local family help at that hearing.

At her first Red Bluff hearing, ask the judge for an appointed lawyer. We could not confirm an office name or direct line for appointed lawyers in Tehama County, so ask the court's Criminal Division at 530-527-3563 who handles those cases. Legal Services of Northern California in Chico, 530-345-9491, is a civil legal aid office.

Do not discuss the case on jail phones, which are recorded.

Police used cite and release under Penal Code 853.6. By signing, she agreed to come to court on the date printed there, normally 10 or more days later. Failing to appear can bring a warrant.

Red Bluff police are at 530-527-3131, and Corning police are at 530-824-7000. Ask which one wrote the citation.

The Sheriff covers the county. Red Bluff and Corning have their own police departments. We found no city jail on an official page, so confirm with the county jail whether an adult arrested in either city is on Oak Street. The Sheriff's transport unit also helps the Red Bluff and Corning departments move prisoners.

Get the report number from whichever agency wrote the ticket.

The county's Juvenile Detention Facility is at 1790 Walnut Street, Red Bluff, next to the court. The probation juvenile division answers at 530-527-5380 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Tehama juvenile files are confidential and don't appear in the adult lookup.

Welfare and Institutions Code 632 sets a quick detention hearing, by the end of the court day after a petition is filed. Phone Tehama probation early that morning.

Tehama's judge may declare the bail lost. Penal Code 1305 gives 180 days after the clerk mails notice, plus 5 for the mailing, for her to return or for the bond to be cleared. Call the bail agent at once, then call the Criminal Division at 530-527-3563 about a new date.

Tehama returns cash bail when the case closes, minus any fines or fees. An agent's premium is gone for good.

The 2026 Kowalczyk decision says courts can't use unaffordable bail to keep a person jailed unless the tight no-bail test apply. Red Bluff judges must consider ability to pay before setting an amount.

Tehama holds court in Red Bluff:

• Tehama courthouse: 1740 Walnut Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080 · 530-527-3484

Tehama belongs to the Eastern District of California; first hearings may be held by the magistrate judge who sits in Redding:

• The first appearance happens in Redding or at Sacramento federal courthouse, 501 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
• A Pretrial Services officer reports.
• The judge orders release terms or detention.
• The Marshals hold detained people.

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

SB 54 bars it. Staff may tell ICE about release only after a serious or violent conviction. The TRUTH Act notice comes before any ICE interview.

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

• Tehama 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.

The Tehama court at 530-527-3484. Ask if the amount changed after the first appearance.