Search Orange Arrest Records

Arrest records for the city of Orange are managed through the Orange County Sheriff's jail system. The Orange Police Department handles arrests within city limits. People who are booked get transferred to county facilities for processing and housing. You can look up recent arrests in Orange through the sheriff's online inmate portal. The search is free but requires creating an account first. Orange is a mid-size city in central Orange County with around 140,000 people. It shares the same jail and booking system as every other city in the county. Arrest data becomes public record under California state law.

Orange Arrest Bookings in the County System

People arrested by the Orange Police Department go through the Orange County jail system for booking and custody. The primary intake facility is at 550 North Flower Street in Santa Ana. Its phone number is (714) 647-4666. This is the Intake Release Center where most arrests from Orange and surrounding cities get processed. After booking, an inmate may be housed at this facility or moved to another location depending on factors like overcrowding, classification level, and the charges involved.

The OC Sheriff's Public Services Portal is the main tool for looking up inmates. You need to create an account to use it. Registration is free and takes just a few minutes. Once inside, the Inmate Information System shows current custody data. You can also see the booking log, which shows recent bookings across all county facilities. For inmates booked after an Orange arrest, the arresting agency will be listed as Orange PD.

Orange Police Department and Records

The Orange Police Department sits at 1107 North Batavia Street in Orange, CA 92867. The records division manages arrest reports and other police records. You can call (714) 744-7444 to reach the department and ask about obtaining copies of arrest reports. Records requests follow the California Public Records Act timeline. Agencies have 10 days to decide whether to release the requested records.

Orange PD is a full-service department. It handles patrol, investigations, traffic, and community services. The arrest reports generated by Orange officers stay with the department. The county's inmate search shows booking and custody data, but the narrative arrest report lives at Orange PD. If you need the full report with the officer's account of what happened, you have to request it from the city's police department. Not the county.

The DOJ record review page below shows how California residents can check their own criminal history, including any arrests made in Orange.

Through the DOJ record review, you can request your own full criminal history. This covers Orange arrests and arrests from every other California jurisdiction. The cost is $25 with Live Scan fingerprinting. Fee waivers are available for qualifying individuals.

Note: Orange PD does not release investigative details that could compromise an open case.

Looking Up Recent Arrests in Orange

Several paths lead to arrest information for Orange. The county portal is the fastest for custody checks. Phone lines are useful when the website is down or you want a quick answer. Here are your options.

• Sign up and search the OC Sheriff's Portal for current inmates
• Call the Inmate Information Center at (714) 710-8884
• Call the Intake Release Center at (714) 647-4666 for booking questions
• Contact Orange PD Records at (714) 744-7444 for arrest report copies
• Use VINE at 877-411-5588 to get notifications when custody status changes

The county system covers all Orange County cities. An inmate search will pull up results regardless of which city in the county made the arrest. If someone was arrested in Orange but transferred to a different facility in the county, they still appear in the search. For older arrests that are no longer in the active system, contact Orange PD records or the county sheriff records division directly.

Arrest Disclosure Law for Orange Records

California Government Code 7923.610 requires all law enforcement agencies to make arrest data public. For the city of Orange, this means Orange PD must share the full name and occupation of anyone they arrest. They must also release the person's physical description, date of birth, the time and date of the arrest and booking, where the arrest happened, what led to it, the bail amount, release information, and all charges. The only exception is when a detail would endanger someone or hurt an investigation.

This statute went into effect on January 1, 2023. It applies uniformly across California. Whether you are looking at arrest records in Orange or any other city, the same disclosure requirements apply. The Orange County Sheriff follows the same rules for booking data in the county system.

Sealing an Orange Arrest Record

An arrest in Orange that did not lead to a conviction can be sealed. Penal Code 851.87 gives you the right to petition the Orange County Superior Court. If the court approves, the record becomes sealed. It will not show up on most background checks. You can state that you were not arrested for that charge. This applies to any Orange arrest where the case was dismissed, not filed, or ended in acquittal.

The automatic relief system under AB 1076 also applies. The DOJ reviews records monthly and grants relief for qualifying misdemeanor arrests from 2021 onward. Dismissed charges and arrests with no filing within a year are eligible. No petition is needed. The state handles it automatically. To confirm whether your Orange arrest record has been cleared, you can check through the DOJ record review process at a cost of $25.

Note: Sealing an arrest record does not erase it entirely, but it prevents most people from seeing it.

State-Level Searches for Orange Arrests

Beyond the county system, two state tools can help. The California DOJ record review shows your complete criminal history from Orange and everywhere else in California. It requires Live Scan and costs $25. The CDCR CIRIS database covers state prison inmates. If someone from Orange received a state prison sentence, they would appear in CIRIS. County jail inmates are only in the Orange County search. The CDCR Identification Unit number is (916) 445-6713 for questions about state inmates.

Orange Arrest Records County Info

Arrests in the city of Orange go through the Orange County jail and booking system. The county sheriff manages all detention facilities and the inmate database.

Nearby California Cities

These cities are near Orange and share the Orange County jail system. Each has its own police department and arrest records.