Sutter County Booking Records

Sutter County 72 hour booking records are accessible through a Zuercher Portal managed by the Sutter County Sheriff's Office. The portal shows current inmates at the Sutter County jail in Yuba City and provides booking details for each person. Sutter County is a small agricultural county in the Sacramento Valley. Despite its modest size, the county maintains an online booking search tool that meets California's public records requirements. This page walks through how to use the Sutter County booking portal, what the law says about access, and how to get records that are not available online.

Sutter County Inmate Portal

The Sutter County Sheriff runs an inmate portal through the Zuercher system. Zuercher is a law enforcement software platform used by several California counties. The Sutter County version lets you browse or search for current inmates at the county jail. You can look up people by name and see their booking details including charges, booking date, and bail.

The Zuercher Portal is free and open to the public. No account is needed. The system updates as bookings and releases happen. When someone is booked into the Sutter County jail, their record appears on the portal shortly after processing. When they are released, the record comes down. This means the portal shows a real-time snapshot of who is in custody right now.

Sutter County is not a large county. The booking volume is lower than you would find in Sacramento or the Bay Area. On any given day, the inmate list may show a few dozen people. That makes searching easy. You can often just scroll the list to find who you are looking for without even typing a name into the search bar.

Sutter County Booking Screenshot

The Sutter County Zuercher Portal is the primary tool for looking up current inmates and recent bookings.

The screenshot shows the portal interface. Each inmate is listed with basic booking data. Click on a name to see the full record. The layout is standard across Zuercher Portal installations, so if you have used it for another county, the Sutter County version will look familiar.

Sutter County Booking Law

California Government Code 7923.610 requires all law enforcement agencies in the state to release booking records. Sutter County follows this law. The statute mandates that agencies share the person's full name, date of birth, physical description, arrest and booking times, arrest location, all charges, bail, and the holding facility. The Sutter County Sheriff meets this obligation partly through the Zuercher Portal and partly through responding to written records requests.

The 72 hour booking window means data should be public within three days. The Zuercher Portal typically posts new bookings much sooner. But the portal only shows current inmates. For booking records of people who have been released, the California Public Records Act gives you the right to submit a written request. The sheriff's office has 10 days to respond. There is no fee to view online data. Paper copies of records may carry a per-page charge.

People booked into the Sutter County jail get phone call rights under Penal Code 851.5. Three free calls within three hours of booking. Calls can go to a lawyer, bail agent, or family. The jail cannot charge for these calls.

Note: Sutter County's Zuercher Portal is one of the cleaner and more modern jail search tools among smaller California counties.

Sutter County Jail Information

The Sutter County jail is in Yuba City. The sheriff's office manages the facility and handles all bookings. Yuba City is the county seat and the largest city in Sutter County. The Yuba City Police Department makes its own arrests, but those bookings go through the Sutter County jail. So whether the arrest was made by city police or the sheriff, the booking record shows up in the same system.

You can contact the Sutter County Sheriff at (530) 822-7307. The jail is at 1077 Civic Center Boulevard, Yuba City, CA 95993. Walk-in records requests are accepted during business hours. Written requests can be mailed to the same address. Include the person's full name and approximate booking date. The California Public Records Act does not require you to give a reason for your request. Just state what records you want.

Sutter County sits right next to Yuba County. The two counties share a border along the Feather River and are closely connected. Yuba City and Marysville (the Yuba County seat) are essentially twin cities. People sometimes mix up which county handled an arrest. If you cannot find someone on the Sutter County portal, check the Yuba County booking tools too. The wrong county is a common reason for a search coming up empty.

• Sutter County jail at 1077 Civic Center Blvd., Yuba City
• Free Zuercher Portal for current inmate data
• Handles bookings from Yuba City PD and the sheriff
• Records requests accepted by phone, mail, or walk-in

Sutter Booking Data Details

A Sutter County booking record includes all the fields California law requires. The Zuercher Portal displays most of this data for current inmates. Each record shows the person's full name, date of birth, charges, booking date and time, and bail amount. A physical description may also be included. Some records on the portal include a booking photo.

The charges section lists California code sections. You might see Penal Code violations, Vehicle Code violations, or Health and Safety Code charges depending on the arrest. Bail amounts are set according to the Sutter County bail schedule. Some charges have fixed bail amounts. Others require a judge to make the determination. The booking record shows whatever bail has been entered at the time you view it.

Nearby County Booking Records

Sutter County is surrounded by several Sacramento Valley counties. Check these neighbors if you need to look up booking records from a different county.