Napa County Booking Report Access

Napa County booking reports are available through the county's Criminal Justice Network portal. This wine country county has a population of about 140,000 and one main jail at the Hall of Justice in downtown Napa. When you search for Napa County booking reports online, you can view recent bookings, current custody information, and release data. The county posts booking reports, in-custody reports, and release reports covering the past week. This gives you multiple ways to find the arrest and booking data you need from Napa County.

Search Napa County Booking Reports Online

Napa County uses the CJNet portal to share booking data with the public. The portal offers three types of reports. The Booking Report shows corrections public booking information for the past week. The In Custody Report shows who is currently held at the Napa County jail. The Release Report shows corrections public release information for the past week. All three are free to view and do not require a login.

The Napa County CJNet portal publishes booking, custody, and release data for public access.

CJNet is the central online resource for Napa County booking report searches.

This three-report system is unusual for California counties. Most counties offer just an inmate search. Napa gives you booking data, current custody status, and release records all in one place. If you want to know whether someone was recently booked, whether they are still in custody, or when they were released, the CJNet portal covers all of it for Napa County.

Napa County Jail Contact

The Napa County jail operates at the Hall of Justice, 1125 Third Street, Napa, CA 94559. The jail phone number is (707) 253-4401. You can also email corrections@countyofnapa.org. For booking reports that go back further than the one-week window on CJNet, contact the jail or corrections department directly. They maintain records beyond what the online portal displays.

Napa County is small enough that one jail handles all bookings. Police from the city of Napa, American Canyon, Calistoga, St. Helena, and the sheriff's own deputies all bring arrested people to the Hall of Justice. The booking report created at intake covers the standard information required by California law: name, charges, bail, arrest time, and physical description. Whether it was a DUI arrest on Highway 29 or something else entirely, the Napa County booking report goes through the same process.

Napa County Booking Record Laws

The California Public Records Act governs access to Napa County booking reports. Government Code Section 7923.600 lists the booking details law enforcement must release: names, descriptions, charges, arrest times, bail, and custody locations. Napa County goes beyond the minimum by offering the CJNet portal with booking, custody, and release reports. Formal records requests still get a 10-day response window.

Booking reports are not the same as criminal histories under California law. Penal Code Section 13300 defines criminal history as a master record of all of a person's arrests and case outcomes. Criminal histories are restricted. Napa County booking reports, which cover individual events, are public. To get your own criminal history, use the California DOJ's Record Review process with fingerprints and a $25 fee.

Note: Napa County releases booking data through CJNet in compliance with California Government Code 7923.600.

Sealing Napa County Arrest Records

If you were arrested in Napa County but not convicted, Penal Code Section 851.91 gives you the option to petition the court to seal your records. A successful petition means the Napa County booking report, arrest report, and all related documents get sealed. They will not appear on the CJNet portal or in any public records search results.

For people found factually innocent, Penal Code Section 851.8 provides stronger protections. The arrest records are sealed for three years and then destroyed. Napa County corrections staff and the California DOJ both have to follow through on the court order. Booking photos face separate restrictions under Penal Code Section 13665, which blocks law enforcement from posting booking photos of nonviolent arrestees on social media unless public safety requires it.

Track Napa County Custody Changes

The California VINE system includes Napa County. Register for free custody change alerts by phone, email, or text. VINE tells you when someone is released, transferred, or escapes from custody. Between the CJNet release reports and VINE alerts, you have two ways to track custody changes in Napa County. Use both for the most complete picture. If someone convicted in Napa County goes to state prison, look them up on the CIRIS database maintained by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Cities in Napa County

Napa County includes the city of Napa, American Canyon, St. Helena, Calistoga, and Yountville. None of these cities have populations over 100,000. All booking report searches go through the county's CJNet portal or the jail at the Hall of Justice. Local police departments handle arrests, but the county processes all bookings.

Nearby County Booking Reports

Napa County is bordered by Sonoma, Solano, Lake, and Yolo counties. If the arrest occurred outside Napa County, check one of these neighbors for booking records.