Riverside County Booking Report Lookup

Riverside County booking reports contain details about every arrest processed through the county jail system in the Inland Empire region of California. The Riverside County Sheriff's Department operates multiple detention centers and keeps a public database of booking records. Searching for Riverside County booking reports is free through the sheriff's online inmate information system. You can find names, charges, bail amounts, and booking dates. The county stretches from the edge of the Los Angeles metro area east to the Arizona border. With that large area, the sheriff handles bookings from many different communities and police agencies. Phone and in-person options exist too for getting Riverside County booking data.

Search Riverside County Bookings Online

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department maintains an Inmate Information System that lets you search booking records online. Enter a name to find people currently held in Riverside County jails. The system shows booking dates, charges, bail, and which facility holds the person. It is free to use and open to the public. No registration is needed.

The Riverside County Sheriff's inmate information database is shown below.

Use this tool to look up current Riverside County booking reports and custody details.

Riverside County operates several jails. The Robert Presley Detention Center at 4000 Orange Street in Riverside is the main facility. You can call (951) 955-4500 for booking information there. The Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta serves the southwest part of the county. Its number is (951) 696-3050. Both facilities process bookings and feed data into the same online search system. If you know someone was arrested in Riverside County but not sure which jail, the online search covers all of them.

Riverside County Jail Booking Process

Every arrest in Riverside County leads to a booking at one of the sheriff's detention centers. The booking process generates a report with the person's name, date of birth, height, weight, eye color, hair color, charges, time of arrest, time of booking, and bail amount. Under California Government Code Section 7923.600, all of this information is public. The Riverside County Sheriff must release it when asked. No reason for the request is needed.

City police departments in Riverside County make many of the arrests. The Riverside Police Department, Corona Police Department, and other local agencies arrest people within their city limits. Those people still get booked into the county jail system run by the sheriff. So the sheriff's inmate search covers booking reports from arrests made by all agencies in Riverside County. If you want a booking report from Riverside County, the sheriff's database is the central place to look regardless of which agency did the arresting.

Note: Booking data for Riverside County usually appears online within a few hours of the arrest being processed at the jail.

Booking Report Access Laws

The California Public Records Act guarantees your right to access Riverside County booking reports. The sheriff has 10 days to respond to a records request. A 14-day extension is allowed in limited situations. Booking data is among the most accessible types of records because state law specifically lists what must be released. The name, charges, bail, arrest and booking times, and custody location are all public for every person booked in Riverside County.

Penal Code Section 13300 draws a line between booking reports and full criminal histories in California. Booking reports are public. Full rap sheets are restricted. You can see a single booking event for free online in Riverside County. To get a complete criminal history, you would need to go through the California DOJ with a $25 fee and fingerprints. This applies statewide, not just in Riverside County. Under Penal Code Section 851.91, some Riverside County booking records can be sealed if the person was never convicted.

Track Riverside County Inmates

You can track people booked into Riverside County jails through the California VINE system. VINE sends alerts when custody status changes. If someone is released, transferred, or escapes, you get notified. Sign up for free. Pick phone, text, or email alerts. This is separate from the sheriff's inmate search. VINE is best for ongoing monitoring. The sheriff's site is best for one-time lookups of Riverside County booking reports.

The CDCR inmate search tracks people who move from Riverside County jail to state prison after sentencing. It shows commitment counties so you can trace records back to the original Riverside County booking.

Cities in Riverside County

Riverside County has over 25 incorporated cities. All arrests in these cities result in bookings at county jail facilities. The following cities have populations over 100,000 and their own booking report pages.

Nearby County Booking Reports

Riverside County shares borders with several California counties. If you think the arrest may have happened outside Riverside County lines, try one of these neighbors.