Sonoma County 24 Hour Booking

Sonoma County 24 hour booking records are posted online by the Sheriff's Office through a public search tool. The county covers the northern part of the Bay Area, including Santa Rosa, Petaluma, and the Sonoma wine country. When someone gets arrested anywhere in Sonoma County, the booking record ends up in the county jail system. You can look up recent bookings without paying a fee or making an account. The search portal shows who is in custody, what charges they face, and when they were booked into the Sonoma County detention facility.

Sonoma County Booking Search Tool

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office runs a public inmate search at inmatesearch.sonomasheriff.org. This is the place to go for 24 hour booking records in Sonoma County. The tool is called the Incarcerated Person Search, and it lets you look up anyone currently held in the Sonoma County jail or recently booked and released. You search by name. The system pulls up every match from the jail's records. Each result shows booking dates, charges, bail, and whether the person is still in custody.

The portal is free and does not need a login. It runs around the clock. New bookings show up after the jail staff finishes processing an arrest. The Sonoma County booking search is one of the more straightforward systems in the region. Type in a name, hit search, and you get results. There are no forms to fill out and no waiting period. The data comes direct from the county jail system.

You can see the Sonoma County inmate search page in the screenshot below, which shows how the booking lookup tool appears when you visit it.

The screenshot above shows the Sonoma County jail inmate search where you enter a name to find recent booking records.

Sonoma County Arrest Booking Process

Sonoma County has a mix of city police departments and Sheriff's patrol areas. Santa Rosa has its own police force. So do Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Cotati, Sebastopol, Cloverdale, Healdsburg, and the Town of Windsor. The Sonoma County Sheriff handles unincorporated areas, which make up a big share of the county. No matter which agency makes the arrest, the person goes to the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility for booking. The jail sits in Santa Rosa and is the central intake point for all arrests countywide.

The booking process takes the person's photo, records their name, date of birth, height, weight, and other physical details. Staff then enters the charges into the jail system. Bail is set according to the county schedule. After booking is done, the record goes live in the public search tool. On a busy night, it might take a few hours for the entry to show up online. During slower periods it can appear fairly fast.

Booking Records for Sonoma County

California requires law enforcement to share certain facts about arrests. Government Code Section 7923.610 lists the details that must be public. These include the full name and occupation of the person arrested, their physical description, the time and date of the arrest and booking, the location of the arrest, the charges, bail amount, and current custody status. Sonoma County follows this statute by keeping its inmate search tool up to date and open to the public.

A standard Sonoma County booking entry covers:

• Name and date of birth
• Booking date and time
• All charges at time of booking
• Bail amount if set
• Custody status or release info
• Arresting agency in some cases

This data helps you identify who was arrested and why. The Sonoma County booking tool is used by families checking on someone, journalists tracking arrests, and members of the public who want to know what is happening in their area.

Santa Rosa Arrest Records

Santa Rosa is the largest city in Sonoma County and its county seat. The Santa Rosa Police Department publishes its own arrest log through an open data portal at data-santarosa.opendata.arcgis.com. This database covers about 30 days of arrest data from the city police. It is separate from the Sonoma County jail inmate search. The city log shows arrests made by Santa Rosa PD, while the county tool shows everyone booked into the county jail from all agencies.

If you are looking for arrest records in Santa Rosa specifically, you may want to check both sources. The city arrest log gives you details about arrests made by Santa Rosa officers. The Sonoma County jail search shows what happened after the person was booked into the county detention facility. Between the two, you get a fuller picture of recent arrests in the Santa Rosa area. The city log is free and does not need a sign-up.

Sonoma County Public Records Access

Booking records are public in California. The California Public Records Act gives you the right to access records held by government agencies, including arrest and booking data from the Sonoma County Sheriff. The online search is the fastest way to check recent bookings. For older records not on the site, you can make a formal public records request.

Contact the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office at (707) 565-2511 to ask about records. The detention division can be reached at (707) 565-1400 for questions about people in custody. The state gives agencies 10 days to respond to a records request. The California DOJ public records page explains the process and your rights. Copy fees are around 10 cents per page for paper copies. Provide a name and booking date to speed up your Sonoma County records request.

Note: Under Penal Code 851.91, people arrested but not convicted can petition to seal their arrest records, removing them from public search results.

Contact Sonoma County Detention

The Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility is located in Santa Rosa. Call the detention division at (707) 565-1400 for custody questions. The general Sheriff's Office number is (707) 565-2511. Staff can look up booking records and give you information about someone in custody. If you need bail info, visiting hours, or release dates for someone booked into the Sonoma County jail, the detention line is the best place to call.

For written records requests or anything that needs paperwork, reach out to the Sheriff's Office by mail or visit in person. Booking records for people currently held in the Sonoma County jail are the easiest to access. Older records may take more time to find and process. The county staff can walk you through the steps if you are not sure how to request what you need.

Cities in Sonoma County

Sonoma County includes one major city with its own booking data resources. Arrests by city police still end up in the Sonoma County jail system for booking.

Nearby California Counties

These counties border Sonoma County. Each operates its own jail and inmate search system.