Find Placer County Booking Reports

Placer County booking reports contain arrest and jail intake data for people booked into the county's two jail facilities. The sheriff's office keeps these records and makes them available to the public through an online inmate search database. You can look up Placer County booking reports by name to find charges, bail, and custody status. The county stretches from the Sacramento suburbs up into the Sierra Nevada mountains, covering a wide area with several cities and towns. Searching for Placer County booking reports is free and takes just a few seconds on the sheriff's website.

Placer County Booking Reports Online

The Placer County Sheriff's Office operates an inmate search database that anyone can use. Type in a name and the system checks current custody records across both Placer County jail facilities. Results show the person's charges, booking date, and bail amount. The search is free. No account or login needed.

The Placer County Sheriff's Office provides its inmate search tool for public booking report lookups.

This search covers both the Auburn Jail and South Placer Jail for current Placer County booking records.

Placer County runs two jail facilities. The Auburn Jail sits at 2775 Richardson Drive in Auburn. Call them at (530) 745-8500. The South Placer Jail is at 11801 Go For Broke Road in Roseville. Its phone number is (916) 409-8100. When someone gets arrested anywhere in Placer County, they go to one of these two facilities for booking. Both jails feed into the same online search system, so you do not need to know which one holds the person to find their Placer County booking report.

How Placer County Bookings Work

The booking process in Placer County follows California state standards. An arrested person gets photographed, fingerprinted, and asked for basic identification details. The officer records the charges and sets bail based on the county bail schedule. All of this goes into the booking report. Under California Government Code Section 7923.600, booking data is public. That means anyone can request the full name, charges, bail amount, arrest time, and custody location for anyone booked into a Placer County jail.

Several police departments operate within Placer County. The Roseville Police Department is the largest city force. Auburn, Lincoln, and Rocklin also have their own police. The California Highway Patrol makes arrests here too. All of these agencies transport arrested people to the Placer County jail for booking. The sheriff's database is your one-stop source for booking reports from any of these departments. You do not need to contact each agency separately.

Access Rights for Placer County Records

The California Public Records Act gives you the right to request Placer County booking reports. The sheriff must respond within 10 days. Basic booking data like names, charges, and bail is always public. You do not need to explain why you want the information.

Penal Code Section 13300 draws a line between booking reports and full criminal histories. A Placer County booking report covers one arrest. It is public. A full criminal history that shows all past arrests is restricted. Only the person themselves can request their own criminal history through the California DOJ, and it costs $25 plus Live Scan fees. Do not confuse the two when requesting records from Placer County.

People arrested in Placer County may seek to seal their records later. Penal Code Section 851.91 lets people petition for sealing when charges are dropped. Once sealed, the booking report no longer shows in public Placer County searches.

Track Placer County Custody Changes

The California VINE service works in Placer County. Register for free alerts when someone gets released, moved, or escapes from a Placer County jail. Pick phone, email, or text alerts. VINE is especially useful for crime victims who want to stay informed about an offender's custody status without calling the jail every day.

You can also check the California CDCR inmate search if someone has been transferred from Placer County jail to state prison. The CDCR database covers people sentenced to state prison terms. It shows their current location, admission date, and parole hearing information.

Note: VINE tracks custody changes in real time, while the sheriff's inmate search shows a snapshot of current Placer County bookings.

Cities in Placer County

Placer County includes fast-growing cities in the Sacramento metro area and smaller foothill towns. People arrested in any Placer County city get booked into the county jail system.

Nearby County Booking Reports

Placer County borders several other counties. If you are not sure where the arrest took place, check these nearby counties for booking records too.