Butte County 24 Hour Booking

Butte County 24 hour booking records are posted through the Sheriff's Office as weekly PDF booking logs. If you need to find a recent arrest or check who was booked into the Butte County Jail, the sheriff publishes these logs on the county website. Butte County is home to Chico and Oroville, and the jail sits in Oroville at the county seat. The booking log system covers all arrests processed at the county facility. You can view and download these logs at no cost. The data includes names, charges, and booking dates for people brought into the Butte County jail.

Butte County Booking Logs Online

The Butte County Sheriff's Office publishes booking logs at buttecounty.net/1723/BCSO-Booking-Logs. These are weekly PDF files that list everyone booked into the Butte County Jail during that period. Each log covers a set of days and gets posted on a regular cycle. The PDFs are free to download and view.

Inside each Butte County booking log, you will find the person's name, date of birth, booking date, charges, and sometimes the arresting agency. The logs group bookings by day, so you can scroll to a specific date to find 24 hour booking entries from that time frame. This is a straightforward system, though it is not a live searchable database. You have to open the PDF and look through it manually. For people who want to check daily arrests in Butte County, this means checking the most recent weekly log and scanning for the date in question.

The screenshot below shows the Butte County Sheriff's booking logs page where PDFs are listed for download.

Each link on that page opens a PDF file with Butte County booking data for that week's arrest activity.

How Butte County Arrests Get Booked

The Butte County Jail is at 7 Gillick Way in Oroville. All county arrests funnel through this facility for booking. The Butte County Sheriff's Office runs the jail and processes every person brought in by local law enforcement. That includes arrests by the sheriff's deputies, Chico Police, Oroville Police, Paradise Police, and other agencies in the county.

During booking, jail staff record the person's personal details, take a photograph, and log the charges. They assign a booking number and enter everything into the county system. This data is what ends up on the weekly booking log PDFs. Butte County processes a steady volume of bookings given the county's population of around 211,000 people. The jail phone number is (530) 538-7471 if you need to call about a recent booking or check on someone in custody.

Booking data typically appears in the next scheduled PDF release. There can be a short lag between when someone gets booked and when their record shows up in the public log.

Butte County Arrest Record Information

State law requires Butte County to make specific booking details public. Government Code Section 7923.610 lists what must be disclosed. This includes the full name of the person, their physical description and date of birth, the time and date of arrest, the location where the arrest happened, the charges, and the bail amount. The Butte County booking logs contain most of this information in the PDF format.

Some details that state law requires may not appear on every log entry. For instance, the factual circumstances of the arrest or the manner of release might not be spelled out in the PDF. If you need more detail than what the Butte County booking log shows, you can file a public records request with the sheriff's office. The law supports your right to get this data.

Note: Butte County booking logs are PDF files that cover a full week of arrests, so a single 24 hour period is found by looking at the specific date within the document.

Butte County Booking and Chico Arrests

Chico is the largest city in Butte County. It is also home to a state university, which means the population surges during the school year. Arrests made by the Chico Police Department end up in the Butte County jail booking system. The city police have their own crime portal at crimemap.chicoca.gov that shows recent arrests. This can be a useful supplement to the Butte County booking logs if you are specifically looking for Chico arrests.

Both systems cover the same arrests but present them differently. The Butte County booking log gives you the jail intake data. The Chico portal focuses on the arrest event itself. If you need booking details like bail amounts and custody status, the county log is the better source. For quick checks on whether someone was arrested in Chico recently, the city portal works well.

Butte County Public Records Requests

The California Public Records Act guarantees access to Butte County booking records. The California DOJ public records page explains the process. Submit a request to the Butte County Sheriff for any booking data not available on the weekly logs. The office has 10 days to respond. Fees are generally low, around 10 cents per page for copies.

For statewide data, the OpenJustice portal tracks arrest statistics by county. This does not show individual Butte County booking records but gives context on arrest trends. People arrested but not convicted can petition to seal their records under Penal Code Section 851.91. Sealed records drop out of public view entirely, including from the Butte County booking log system.

Butte County Jail Contact Info

Reach the Butte County Jail at (530) 538-7471. The facility is at 7 Gillick Way, Oroville, CA 95965. Call for booking status, visiting hours, or to ask about a specific person in custody. Jail staff can confirm whether someone has been booked and share basic record information over the phone.

For records requests or questions about the weekly booking logs, the Butte County Sheriff's administrative office can help during business hours. Written requests should include the person's name and approximate date of arrest to help staff locate the right Butte County booking record. The California DOJ criminal records page offers a path to broader background information if a single Butte County booking is not enough for your needs.

Cities in Butte County

Butte County's largest city is Chico. Arrests by the Chico Police are booked through the Butte County jail system. Oroville is the county seat where the jail is located.

Nearby California Counties

Counties bordering Butte County each operate their own booking systems and jail facilities.