Search Santa Clara Booking Records

Santa Clara 24 hour booking records are available through the city's weekly arrest log and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's inmate search system. The Santa Clara Police Department publishes a weekly arrest log on its website, giving a regular summary of all arrests made by city officers. People booked into the county jail after a Santa Clara arrest can also be found through the county's inmate finder. Together these two tools cover the main ways to track recent booking activity in this Silicon Valley city.

Santa Clara County Jail Booking

Santa Clara is in Santa Clara County, which operates the county jail system. When the Santa Clara Police Department arrests someone, the person is taken to the Santa Clara County Main Jail at 150 West Hedding Street in San Jose for processing. The county sheriff handles all jail bookings for the area. This applies to arrests from Santa Clara, San Jose, and every other city in the county.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office runs an inmate search tool through its OVR system at eservices.sccgov.org/ovr/findinmate/find. You can search by name to see if someone is currently in custody. Results show the booking date, charges, bail, and location within the jail. The Main Jail phone number is (408) 808-2800. You can call at any time to ask about a person's custody status or to get details about a recent booking from Santa Clara.

The county system covers all arrests in the county, not just those from the city of Santa Clara. So if someone was arrested in Santa Clara but you are searching by name, you may also see results from neighboring cities processed through the same jail.

Santa Clara Police Arrest Log

The Santa Clara Police Department publishes a weekly arrest log on its website at santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-g-z/police-department/crime/arrest-log. According to the department, the arrest log gives a timely summary of all arrests made by Santa Clara police. It is updated each week and covers every arrest within city limits during that period. This is a good way to track Santa Clara booking activity over time.

The arrest log includes the names of people arrested, the charges, the date and time of the arrest, and other facts required by Government Code Section 7923.610. The Santa Clara Police general number is (408) 615-4700. You can call for questions about a specific arrest or to ask for records that are not posted on the website. Walk-in requests are taken at the police department during business hours.

This screenshot shows Government Code Section 7923.610, the state law that requires Santa Clara police and all California law enforcement to release booking and arrest data to the public.

Santa Clara Booking Records Access

Booking records from Santa Clara are public under the California Public Records Act. You have the right to request copies of arrest reports, booking logs, and other related documents. The California DOJ public records page outlines the process. The responding agency has 10 days to act on your request. An extension of up to 14 days is allowed in some situations.

For Santa Clara city records, the police department handles requests at (408) 615-4700. Copy fees are generally low, usually around 10 cents per page. The Santa Clara Police Department also participates in the NextRequest system for online public records submissions. For county-level jail records, go through the Santa Clara County Sheriff's records division. Both agencies follow the same state laws on disclosure of booking data.

Under Penal Code Section 851.91, a person arrested but not convicted in Santa Clara can petition to seal their arrest record. Sealed records are removed from public databases and will not come up in any booking search.

Santa Clara Arrest Record Details

Each Santa Clara booking record contains the person's name, date of birth, physical description, arrest date and time, charges, bail amount, and the arresting agency. Under Government Code Section 7923.615, complaint information tied to the arrest may also be available, including the nature of the incident and any descriptions of injuries or property.

Santa Clara booking records may show:

• Full name and date of birth
• Charges filed at the time of booking
• Bail set for each charge
• Current custody status
• Arresting agency and location of arrest

This data is consistent across both the city police arrest log and the county jail inmate search system. The difference is that the city log shows all arrests by Santa Clara PD, while the county system shows everyone currently in jail regardless of which agency arrested them.

Contact Santa Clara Records

For booking questions in Santa Clara, the police department is at (408) 615-4700. The Santa Clara County Main Jail is at (408) 808-2800. Both can help with arrest record lookups and custody questions.

The California DOJ can be reached at (916) 227-3849 for state-level criminal history questions. Their online request form is at oag.ca.gov/contact/publicrecords_form. Use this for records that go beyond what local Santa Clara and county systems provide.

Nearby Cities

These cities are near Santa Clara in the South Bay and have their own booking and arrest record systems.