Hennepin County Adult Detention Center Inmate Bail & Bonds

Both buildings answer to the same jail number, 612-348-5112. To learn which building books and which one holds your relative, call 612-348-5112. Use Hennepin County Inmate Search, then ask the desk where to go. The Government Plaza light rail station is just south of both.

Go to the Public Safety Facility, 401 South 4th Avenue. The Sheriff says bail is taken there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Bring cash in the exact amount. There is no change, no cash machine, and no checks or cards. Expect weapons screening, and bring the case number or warrant number.

If you do not have a case number, the district court can look it up at 612-348-6000. The Warrants Office is at 612-348-2000.

A Hennepin chief judge's standing order from November 7, 2024 sets maximums for people held before a first court date on a citation or tab charge. A gross misdemeanor drunk-driving case, $12,000; a misdemeanor drunk-driving case, $4,000; a misdemeanor domestic assault, $10,000; a gross misdemeanor domestic assault or no-contact order violation, $30,000; gross misdemeanor harassment, $6,000; other gross misdemeanors, $3,000 bond or $500 cash.

Misdemeanors not on the state or Hennepin payables lists: $300 bond or $50 cash. These are ceilings before a hearing, and they can be paid to be released.

The same order lists people held without bail until a judge sees them. Among them are first-degree drunk-driving arrests, no-contact and protection order violations for 36 hours (not counting the day of arrest, Sundays and holidays), domestic abuse arrests, and other felonies and gross misdemeanors. "Held without bail" there is a pause for the first appearance, not a final ruling.

A judge reviews the case and decides release. Minnesota Rule 6.02 starts from release on a promise or an unsecured bond unless public safety or a return to court is at risk. The judge may order conditions, money bail or both. Felony amounts are set by the judge at that hearing, so no schedule number will tell you in advance.

Sometimes. Under a June 2024 standing order, the county's Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation can release people on certain charges when their pretrial risk score is 25 or lower. It cannot release at 26 or higher, and first-degree drunk-driving arrests are excluded. Domestic cases require no contact.

Hennepin County District Court uses several buildings. Criminal and traffic cases are heard at the Government Center, 300 South 6th Street, at the Public Safety Facility courtrooms on the first floor, and at the Brookdale Regional Center, 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, and the Ridgedale Regional Center, 12601 Ridgedale Drive. The court line is 612-348-6000.

The agent must be licensed by the Minnesota Department of Commerce and approved by the state court administrator, and bonds are written on a state form. The premium is the surety's filed rate with a $100 minimum. Small bonds need at least half the premium up front. The agent cannot solicit inside the jail.

Rule 6.02 allows "other security." Where the property must sit and how it is valued are questions for the court. Before you give a deed, ask the court at 612-348-6000 in writing. A bondsman may not take a quitclaim deed as collateral.

Ask the judge to appoint a public defender at the first hearing, or apply online through the Minnesota Judicial Branch. The court assigns the lawyer. The court line, 612-348-6000, can direct you to the right office.

The Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center is at 510 Park Avenue and holds up to 87 youth, ages 13 to 17. Its phone is 612-348-8122. Juvenile hearings are at the Juvenile Justice Center, 590 Park Avenue. Juvenile records are private, so the adult search will not show a child.

Ask the arresting agency for a report number and where the person was taken, because a city department may hold someone briefly before the county jail books them. Then check the Sheriff's roster.

The Minnesota cash-bail cap is double the highest cash fine for most misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors, and four times for some drunk-driving offenses. Someone with three or more prior impairment convictions in ten years faces the maximum unless alcohol-monitoring conditions are ordered.

A warrant can issue and the bond can be forfeited. The court must notify the bondsman within set deadlines, and the court can forgive part of the penalty. Call a lawyer and the bondsman the same day.

Cash bail is the defendant's property. The court holds it until the case ends, a judge may apply it to a fine or restitution, and the rest goes to the defendant or a person named in writing.

No office takes gift cards or app payments. Hang up and call 612-348-5112 yourself.

Yes. Anyone may pay at the Public Safety Facility window if they have the case number and the exact cash. The money still belongs to the defendant under Minnesota law, so tell the person who paid it and keep the receipt.