Butte County Booking Reports

Butte County booking reports are public records that show arrests and jail intakes processed by the sheriff's office in Oroville. The sheriff publishes weekly booking logs as PDF downloads on the county website, making it simple to search for recent arrest activity. Butte County sits in the northern Sacramento Valley and includes Chico, Paradise, and Oroville. You can search Butte County booking reports online through the weekly logs or contact the jail for specific record requests. These records are free to view online and provide details about who was booked, the charges filed, and when the booking took place.

Search Butte County Booking Logs

The Butte County Sheriff's Office publishes weekly booking logs on its website. These logs come as PDF files that you can download and read. Each log lists everyone booked into the Butte County Jail during that week along with their charges, booking date, and other details. This is a free resource that anyone can use to search for recent Butte County booking reports.

The Butte County Sheriff posts booking log PDFs on the county website each week.

Download weekly booking log PDFs from this Butte County Sheriff's Office page.

The PDF format means you cannot search by name in real time like some other county systems allow. You need to open the log file and scroll through it or use your PDF viewer's search function. Each weekly log covers all bookings from Monday through Sunday. If you need to find a Butte County booking report from a specific date, download the log from that week.

Butte County Jail Contact Info

The Butte County Jail is at 7 Gillick Way in Oroville, CA 95965. Call 530-552-1600 for booking information. Staff can confirm if someone is in custody and give you basic details from their Butte County booking report. This is helpful if you need information that is not on the weekly log yet or if you are looking for older records.

For formal copies of Butte County booking reports, submit a records request to the sheriff's office. The California Public Records Act gives you the right to get these records. The sheriff has 10 days to respond. You do not need to state a reason for your request.

How Butte County Bookings Work

All arrests in Butte County end up at the county jail in Oroville for booking. The Chico Police Department, Oroville Police, Paradise PD, Gridley PD, and Biggs PD all operate in the county. Sheriff's deputies cover the unincorporated areas. The CHP also makes arrests here. Every one of these agencies sends arrested people to the Butte County Jail for processing. So the sheriff's booking logs cover arrests from all departments.

During booking, the officer records the person's full name, date of birth, physical description, charges, arrest time, and bail amount. Photos and fingerprints are taken. All of this goes into the Butte County booking report. Under California Government Code Section 7923.600, law enforcement must release this data when the public asks for it. That is why the sheriff posts the weekly booking logs online for anyone to download and review.

The weekly log format is different from what many California counties use. Most counties have a searchable database. Butte County uses downloadable PDFs instead. Both methods meet the same legal requirement to make booking data public. The PDF approach means you can save copies of Butte County booking logs for your own records.

Note: Weekly booking logs on the Butte County website typically go back several weeks, but older logs may not be available online.

Butte County Booking Report Laws

Penal Code Section 13300 draws a line between public booking data and restricted criminal history records. Butte County booking reports for individual arrests are public. Full criminal histories that list all of a person's past arrests are restricted. You can get a single Butte County booking report easily. Getting a full criminal history requires fingerprints and a $25 fee through the California DOJ.

People arrested in Butte County can seek to seal their records if the case did not result in a conviction. Penal Code Section 851.91 provides this option. Sealed records no longer show up in public searches. People found factually innocent can petition under Penal Code Section 851.8 for sealing and eventual destruction of their Butte County arrest records, booking photos, and all related evidence.

Track Butte County Custody Status

The California VINE program includes Butte County. Register for free alerts when someone's custody status changes at the Butte County Jail. You can choose phone, email, or text notifications. VINE tells you when a person is released, transferred to another facility, or escapes from custody. This is a good tool for crime victims or anyone who needs ongoing updates about a Butte County booking rather than a one-time check.

Nearby County Booking Reports

Butte County borders several other counties in northern California. If you think the arrest may have happened in a neighboring county, check these booking report pages.