Riverside County Booking Search
Riverside County 72 hour booking records are managed by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, which operates several jail facilities across the county. Riverside is one of the largest counties in California by area and population, with over 2.4 million residents. The sheriff's department uses the JIMS system to track jail data. Booking records are public under state law, and the department provides an online search tool for looking up inmates. Booking volume is high here due to the county's size. You can find who has been booked, check charges, and look up bail amounts. The online search is free. For records that are not in the current system, you can file a public records request with the sheriff's office.
Riverside County Booking Quick Facts
Riverside County Booking Law
Booking records in Riverside County are public. Government Code 7923.610 requires the sheriff to release the full name, date of birth, charges, bail amount, booking time and date, arrest location, and facility name for every person booked. No one can be turned away when asking for this data. The law is the same across all of California, and Riverside County must follow it.
People who get booked into Riverside County jail have rights during the process. Under Penal Code 851.5, everyone gets three free phone calls within three hours of booking. The calls can go to a lawyer, a bail bond agent, or a family member. The jail is not allowed to charge for them. This right applies at every Riverside County jail site.
Riverside County Inmate Search
The Riverside County Sheriff runs an online inmate search called JIMS, short for Jail Information Management System. The public search page is at jimspub.riversidesheriff.org. You can type in a name and see who is currently in custody at any Riverside County jail. The results show the person's name, booking number, charges, bail, and booking date. The tool is free and runs around the clock.
The JIMS system pulls from the live jail database. When someone is booked, their data enters the system during the intake process. There may be a lag of a few hours between the physical booking and the record showing up online. If you search and the person is not there yet, wait and try again. New bookings are added as they are processed throughout the day.
The CDCR inmate locator database provides a statewide option for searching California inmates, including those who may have transferred from Riverside County jail to state prison.
If you cannot find someone in the Riverside County system, the state-level CDCR inmate locator is worth trying. People who have been sentenced and moved to state prison will show up there instead of in the county jail database. The CDCR tool is also free and open to the public.
Note: The JIMS search page at Riverside County may go down for maintenance at times. If the page returns a 404 error, try again later or contact the sheriff's office by phone.
Riverside County Jail Facilities
Riverside County operates multiple jail facilities. The Robert Presley Detention Center in downtown Riverside is the main booking location. It sits at 4000 Orange Street. Most people arrested in the western part of the county are booked here. The facility handles thousands of bookings every year and is one of the busiest in the Inland Empire.
The Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning serves the eastern part of the county. It is at 1627 South Hathaway Street. The Indio Jail at 82-695 Dr. Carreon Boulevard in Indio covers the Coachella Valley area. Each of these jails feeds into the same JIMS database. It does not matter which facility someone is booked at. The online search covers all of them.
The Cois Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta at 30755-B Auld Road handles bookings from the southwest Riverside County area, including Temecula and Murrieta. Having multiple facilities spread across such a large county helps manage the high volume of arrests. Riverside County covers over 7,200 square miles, so proximity to a jail matters for transport times.
You can reach the Robert Presley Detention Center at (951) 955-4500. For questions about someone's custody status, call the facility where you think they are being held, or use the online JIMS search.
Riverside Booking Records by Mail
For a copy of a Riverside County booking record, send a written request to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, Records Bureau, at 4095 Lemon Street, Riverside, CA 92501. Include the full name of the person, date of birth, and any booking or case numbers you have. The department may charge a fee for copies. Under the California Public Records Act, they must respond within 10 business days.
Phone inquiries work for basic questions. Call (951) 955-2400 and ask about a booking. Staff can confirm if someone is in custody and give you basic booking details. For formal copies or certified records, the written request is better.
Riverside Arrest Records
A booking record shows what happens at the jail. An arrest record is broader and includes the police report. In Riverside County, many cities have their own police departments. The Riverside Police Department handles arrests in the city of Riverside. Corona has its own police. Moreno Valley is served by the sheriff. Each agency creates its own arrest reports, but all bookings go through the county jail system.
The 72 hour booking record from the county is public and easy to get. The full arrest report may have parts that are sealed if an investigation is still open. For most people looking up a recent arrest, the booking record from the JIMS search is enough. It shows the name, charges, bail, and booking date. If you want the detailed police report, contact the agency that made the arrest.
Cities in Riverside County
Riverside County has a large number of cities, and several are over the 100,000 population mark. The city of Riverside is the county seat and the largest. All bookings from these cities end up in the county sheriff's jail system, searchable through one tool.
Other cities in the county like Hemet, Perris, Palm Springs, and Cathedral City also route bookings through the county system. The JIMS search covers all of them.
Nearby County Booking Records
These counties share borders with Riverside and have their own jail search systems.