Napa County 24 Hour Booking

Napa County 24 hour booking records can be searched through the CJNet public portal run by the Sheriff's Office. This wine country county handles all jail bookings at the Napa County Department of Corrections on Third Street in the city of Napa. The CJNet system gives you access to both a weekly booking report and a daily in-custody report. These tools are free for the public to use. You can look up who was recently arrested and booked in Napa County without creating an account or paying any fees. The booking data includes names, charges, bail, and booking dates.

Napa County Booking Search Online

The Napa County Sheriff operates a CJNet public portal at services.countyofnapa.org/CJNetWeb. This is the official tool for searching 24 hour booking data in Napa County. The site offers two main reports. The Booking Report shows public booking information for the past week. The In Custody Report shows who is currently held at the Napa County jail today. Both reports are free to use and load quickly in any web browser.

The Napa County CJNet system is straightforward. You pick which report you want and it loads a list of records. The booking report covers a full week of activity, which gives you a broader view of recent arrests. The in-custody report is more focused on right now. If you want to know if someone is currently sitting in the Napa County Jail, that is the report to check. Each entry shows the person's name, charges, booking date, and bail amount. This data is pulled from the county's corrections management system and reflects the most recent information the jail has on file.

You can see the CJNet portal interface in the image below, captured from the Napa County website.

The CJNet landing page lets you choose between the weekly booking report and the daily in-custody report for Napa County.

Napa County Weekly Booking Report

Napa County publishes a weekly booking report that covers all jail bookings for the past seven days. You can access it directly at services.napacounty.gov/CJNetWeb/Public/BookingReport. This report is especially useful if you want to look back over the past week rather than just checking who is in jail right now. The report lists each person booked into the Napa County Jail, along with the charges, booking date, and bail set by the court.

The weekly report format makes Napa County one of the more transparent counties when it comes to sharing booking data. Some counties only show current inmates. Napa gives you a full week of records in one place. That makes it easier to find someone who might have been arrested and then released on bail before you had a chance to look them up. The report is generated automatically by the CJNet system, so there is no delay caused by someone having to manually post the data.

The screenshot above shows the Napa County weekly booking report layout where recent jail intake records are displayed.

How Napa County Arrests Get Booked

All arrests in Napa County funnel into the county jail at 1125 Third Street in the city of Napa. The Napa Police Department handles arrests within city limits. The Sheriff's Office covers unincorporated areas and smaller communities. American Canyon, Calistoga, St. Helena, and Yountville each have their own police departments too. But regardless of which agency makes the arrest, the booking happens at the same Napa County Jail. That is why the CJNet portal is the one place to search for all recent bookings in the county.

The booking process follows standard California procedure. The arrested person is photographed, fingerprinted, and their personal information is entered into the jail system. All charges are logged. Bail is set based on the county bail schedule or by a judge. Once booking is complete, the record appears in the CJNet system where the public can find it. Processing time varies, but most Napa County bookings show up in the system within a few hours of the arrest.

Napa County Arrest Record Rights

State law requires Napa County to share booking records with the public. Government Code Section 7923.610 lists the specific data points that must be disclosed. These include the full name and physical description of the person arrested, time and date of arrest and booking, location of arrest, charges, bail, and how the person was released or where they are being held. Napa County complies with this law through its CJNet portal.

For records not available on the website, you can file a request under the California Public Records Act. The California DOJ explains the CPRA process on its website. Agencies get 10 days to respond, with a possible 14-day extension. Copy fees are 10 cents per page at the state level, though Napa County may have its own fee schedule. Contact the Sheriff's Office at (707) 253-4401 for details on getting copies of older booking records.

Note: Sealed arrest records under Penal Code 851.91 will not appear in any Napa County public booking search.

Napa County Jail Contact Info

The Napa County Department of Corrections is at 1125 Third Street, Napa, CA 94559. Call (707) 253-4401 for questions about bookings, bail, visiting, or records. Staff can check on a person's custody status and provide information about recent Napa County booking activity over the phone.

If the online search does not show the person you are looking for, it is worth calling. They may have already been released, or the booking might still be in process. The jail staff can tell you more than the website can in some cases, especially if the arrest just happened and the Napa County booking record has not yet posted to CJNet. You can also visit in person during regular lobby hours to get printed copies of booking records for a fee.

Nearby California Counties

These counties border Napa County. Each runs its own booking search portal.