Access San Mateo County 24 Hour Booking

San Mateo County 24 hour booking records cover all recent arrests and jail bookings on the Peninsula south of San Francisco. The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office handles jail operations and booking at the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City. You can check on recent bookings by calling the jail or using the Sheriff's website to start a search. San Mateo County booking data includes names, charges, bail, and custody status for people processed through the county jail. This information is public under California law and can be accessed at no cost.

San Mateo County Booking Search

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office runs the county jail and handles all bookings. The main Sheriff's website is at smcsheriff.com. You can start your search for 24 hour booking records through the Sheriff's online resources. The detention division can also be reached by phone at (650) 363-4000 for custody status inquiries. The main Sheriff's line is (650) 363-4911.

When you look up a San Mateo County booking record, the information you get includes the person's full name, date of birth, the charges at the time of booking, the bail amount, and the date and time they were booked. You also learn which facility holds them. The Maguire Correctional Facility on Tower Road in Redwood City is the primary jail for San Mateo County. It is where nearly all new bookings in the county take place. The Maple Street Correctional Center also houses some inmates. Both facilities fall under the San Mateo County Sheriff's management, and booking records from both feed into the same system that the public can access.

Staff at the jail handle booking inquiries around the clock. If you cannot find what you need online, a phone call to (650) 363-4000 is a solid backup option for San Mateo County booking lookups.

San Mateo County Sheriff Portal

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office provides information about jail services and inmate lookup through their official website. The Sheriff's homepage is the starting point for accessing San Mateo County 24 hour booking information and other detention services.

The Sheriff's website above provides access to jail services and booking information for San Mateo County. From here you can find links to inmate search tools and contact information for the detention division.

How Booking Works in San Mateo County

Arrests in San Mateo County lead to booking at the Maguire Correctional Facility. Whether a person is picked up by the Redwood City police, South San Francisco police, Daly City police, San Mateo city police, or the Sheriff's own deputies, the jail booking process runs through the county. City police make the arrest on the street. Then the person goes to the county jail for processing. During booking, jail staff record the person's identity, take photos and fingerprints, log the charges, and set bail according to the San Mateo County bail schedule.

San Mateo County stretches down most of the Peninsula from Daly City near San Francisco to the border with Santa Clara County. It includes over 20 cities plus unincorporated areas. All of these feed into one jail booking system at the county level. So when you search for 24 hour booking records in San Mateo County, you are seeing arrests from across the entire county in one place. This centralized approach makes it simpler to find what you need without checking multiple city-level systems.

New bookings show up in the system after the jail completes the intake process. This can take a few hours. Busy periods mean longer waits before a booking record becomes visible in the San Mateo County database.

San Mateo County Booking Records Law

California law requires that booking information be released to the public. Under Government Code Section 7923.610, law enforcement agencies must share details about each arrest and booking. This covers the person's name, physical description, date and time of arrest, location, charges, bail, and whether they are still in custody or have been released. The San Mateo County Sheriff follows this statute and makes booking data available to anyone who requests it.

If the information you need is not available online, you can make a formal request through the California Public Records Act. The California DOJ public records page explains the process. Agencies get 10 days to respond. A 14-day extension can apply in limited situations. Copy fees are typically modest. The San Mateo County Sheriff's records division can tell you the exact costs for copies of booking records. For questions about the legal framework behind public records in California, the POST CPRA FAQ page provides answers to common questions.

Note: San Mateo County booking records are considered current data and older entries may no longer appear in online search tools.

Sealed Records in San Mateo County

Someone arrested in San Mateo County who is not convicted can ask to have the arrest record sealed. Penal Code Section 851.91 gives this right. The person must petition the San Mateo County Superior Court. If the judge grants the petition, the booking record will be removed from any public database. It will not show up when you search for San Mateo County 24 hour booking records.

Until a court orders the sealing, the record stays public. Pending cases still appear in the system. This means a recent booking may be visible even if the person has not yet been convicted. That is normal. The record reflects the arrest and booking, not the outcome of the case. Only a court order can remove it from public view. The process typically takes weeks to months after the case resolves.

San Mateo County Law Enforcement

San Mateo County has many police departments. The larger cities like Daly City, South San Francisco, San Mateo, Redwood City, and Foster City all have their own police forces. Smaller cities contract with the San Mateo County Sheriff for law enforcement services. In all cases, the county jail handles the booking once an arrest is made. The booking log reflects arrests from every agency in the county.

If you want the police report from the arresting agency rather than just the county booking record, you need to contact that specific department. For example, if the arrest was made by South San Francisco police, you would contact their records division for the arrest report. The San Mateo County booking record gives you the jail side of things. The city police report gives you the street side. Both are public. Using both gives you a fuller picture of an arrest that happened in San Mateo County. The Government Code Section 7923.600 allows agencies to withhold investigative details in some cases, but the basic booking facts are always available.

Cities in San Mateo County

San Mateo County has no cities over 100,000 in population. The largest city is Daly City with around 104,000 residents, though it does not have a dedicated page on this site. Arrests from all San Mateo County cities go through the county jail booking system.

Nearby California Counties

These counties are next to San Mateo County. Each one runs its own jail booking search.