Victorville Booking Records
Booking records in Victorville are public data under California state law. Victorville does not have its own police department. Instead, the San Bernardino County Sheriff provides law enforcement for the city through a contract. All arrests made in Victorville go through the sheriff's booking system, and those records land in the county database. California Government Code 7923.610 requires that booking data be released to the public within 72 hours. That includes names, charges, bail amounts, and the facility where someone is held.
Victorville Booking Quick Facts
Victorville Booking in San Bernardino County
Victorville is in San Bernardino County, which is the largest county by land area in the entire United States. The city sits in the High Desert region, north of the San Bernardino Mountains. Because Victorville contracts with the county sheriff for police services, there is no city-run jail. All booking and custody operations flow through the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
When a deputy makes an arrest in Victorville, the person is taken to a county detention facility for booking. The High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto is the closest facility and handles most Victorville bookings. Staff there take fingerprints, a photo, and log all charges. The booking record gets added to the county's inmate database at that point. You can look up anyone in county custody through the sheriff's online tool.
The High Desert Detention Center is a large facility. It serves the entire Victor Valley area, including Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley, and Adelanto. That means the booking log for the facility covers a wide region, not just Victorville arrests.
Search Victorville Booking Records
The San Bernardino County Sheriff runs an online booking search tool where you can look up people booked at any county facility. The search covers all detention centers in the county, including the High Desert Detention Center that handles Victorville. You can search by name, booking number, or date range. The tool is free and works around the clock.
Results show the person's name, booking date, charges, bail amount, and custody status. If someone was arrested in Victorville and taken to the High Desert facility, they will show up in this system. Give it a few hours after the arrest for the booking to fully process. Busy nights can slow things down a bit.
The California BSCC Jail Profile Survey tracks jail capacity and booking data for county detention centers across the state, including the facilities that process Victorville arrests.
The booking search at jimsnetil.shr.sbcounty.gov pulls from the same system used by jail staff. It shows current inmates and recent bookings. Once a person is released, they may drop off the active search after some time. For older records, you would need to file a formal request with the sheriff's records division.
Victorville Booking Law
Government Code 7923.610 spells out what must be released. Every time someone is booked at a San Bernardino County facility after a Victorville arrest, the data becomes public. The law lists the fields that agencies must share. Full name. Date of birth. Charges filed. Bail amount. Booking time and date. Facility name. None of this can be withheld.
Penal Code 851.5 protects the rights of people during the booking process. Within three hours of being booked at the High Desert Detention Center, each person gets at least three free phone calls. The calls can go to a lawyer, a bail bond agent, or a family member. The facility cannot charge for these calls or prevent them from happening. This rule applies at every booking facility in California without exception.
If you ask for Victorville booking records and the sheriff's department denies the request, you have the right to challenge the denial under the California Public Records Act. The law is clear on this. Booking data is public. Agencies cannot refuse to share it unless a narrow legal exemption applies, and those exemptions rarely cover standard booking information.
High Desert Detention Center
The High Desert Detention Center is at 9438 Commerce Way, Adelanto, CA 92301. It is the main jail for the Victor Valley region. The facility holds hundreds of inmates and processes bookings for Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley, and surrounding areas. It operates around the clock and takes new bookings at all hours.
Booking at this facility follows standard California procedures. The arresting deputy brings the person in. Jail staff search them, take prints and a photo, and enter all information into the booking system. Bail gets set based on the San Bernardino County bail schedule. For misdemeanors, people can often bail out within a few hours. Felony holds take longer, and some charges have no bail option at all.
You can call the High Desert Detention Center at (760) 530-9300 for questions about current inmates. Staff can confirm if someone is in custody. For a formal copy of a booking record, file a written request with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's records section.
Request Victorville Records
The online booking search covers recent and current inmates. For older Victorville booking records, you need to submit a public records request. Write to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department records division. Include the full name of the person, the date or approximate date of the arrest, and what records you want. The department has 10 days to respond under the California Public Records Act.
There may be a small fee for copies. Certified copies cost more. For statewide criminal history checks, you go through the California Department of Justice. That process is separate and takes longer. It may require fingerprint submissions. For most people trying to find Victorville booking data, the county's online tool and a phone call to the detention center will handle it.
- San Bernardino County Sheriff online booking search for current inmates
- Call High Desert Detention Center at (760) 530-9300
- Written records request for older booking data
- California DOJ for statewide criminal history
Nearby City Booking Records
Several other cities near Victorville have their own booking pages on this site. Most are in San Bernardino County and feed into the same county jail system.
Fontana, Ontario, San Bernardino, and Rialto are all south of the Cajon Pass in the valley portion of San Bernardino County. They use the same county sheriff system but different detention facilities. San Bernardino has its own police department and city jail. The others rely on the county for some or all law enforcement services.