Access San Bernardino County Booking Reports

San Bernardino County booking reports are public records held by the county sheriff's department. San Bernardino County is the largest county by land area in the entire United States, covering over 20,000 square miles of Southern California's Inland Empire and high desert. The sheriff runs multiple detention facilities that process bookings from every law enforcement agency in the county. You can search San Bernardino County booking reports online using the sheriff's inmate locator. The tool shows who is currently in custody along with charges, bail, and booking details. Phone and walk-in access are available at detention centers across San Bernardino County as well.

Search San Bernardino Booking Records Online

The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department offers a booking search tool on its website. Enter a name and the system returns matching results from the San Bernardino County jail system. You can see booking dates, charges, bail amounts, and facility locations. The search is free. No account or sign-in is needed. This is the fastest way to check on someone's custody status in San Bernardino County.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff provides online booking search through its inmate locator system.

This database is the primary way to search for booking reports in San Bernardino County.

Some names may not appear on the site. The sheriff's department notes that names of people arrested and booked by San Bernardino County agencies may not show in certain cases. These exemptions come from Government Code Section 6254(f), now recodified as Section 7923.600. Undercover officers, minors, and some sensitive cases can be withheld. But the vast majority of San Bernardino County booking reports are on the public site.

San Bernardino County Detention Facilities

San Bernardino County runs several jails across its massive territory. The West Valley Detention Center is a major booking facility that you can reach at (909) 350-2476. For visit scheduling across San Bernardino County jails, call (909) 887-0364. Each detention center processes bookings and enters them into the same central system. That means the online inmate locator covers every jail in San Bernardino County. You do not need to know which facility someone was booked into to find their record.

Because San Bernardino County covers such a vast area, some arrests happen far from the main detention centers. People arrested in desert communities like Barstow or in mountain areas like Big Bear still get processed into the San Bernardino County jail system. Their booking reports go into the same database. Rural and urban arrests alike are searchable through the same tool. The booking process works the same way no matter where in San Bernardino County the arrest took place.

San Bernardino County Booking Report Laws

California law requires the San Bernardino County Sheriff to release basic booking data to the public. Government Code Section 7920.000 establishes the California Public Records Act. Under this law, government agencies must share public records within 10 days of a request. Booking information is specifically listed as public data. Names, charges, bail amounts, and arrest times for people booked in San Bernardino County are all accessible.

There is a clear line between booking reports and criminal histories in California. Penal Code Section 13300 defines local criminal history information. Full criminal histories need authorization. Booking reports from San Bernardino County do not. The booking report shows one event. A criminal history shows a person's entire record. If you need more than a single booking report, a personal criminal history request through the California DOJ costs $25 and requires fingerprints.

Records can be sealed in San Bernardino County. Under Penal Code Section 851.91, people who were arrested but not convicted can ask the court to seal their booking records. Once sealed, those San Bernardino County booking reports stop showing in public searches.

Track San Bernardino County Bookings

The California VINE program provides custody alerts for San Bernardino County inmates. Register for free to get phone, email, or text alerts when someone is released or transferred. This works for people booked into any San Bernardino County facility. VINE is best for ongoing tracking. The sheriff's inmate locator is better for quick one-time searches of San Bernardino County booking reports.

Cities in San Bernardino County

San Bernardino County has 24 incorporated cities. People arrested in these cities end up booked into the county sheriff's jail system. These major cities have their own booking report pages with local details.

Nearby County Booking Reports

San Bernardino County borders many other counties due to its enormous size. If the arrest happened outside San Bernardino County, check these neighbors.