Sonoma County Arrest Lookup

Sonoma County recent arrests are accessible through two sheriff's office tools: an inmate search database and a public arrest log. The county is located in Northern California's wine country, north of San Francisco, with a population of about 490,000. Santa Rosa is the county seat and the largest city. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office runs the county jail and processes bookings from sheriff's deputies as well as local police departments in cities like Santa Rosa, Petaluma, and Rohnert Park. Both online tools are free to use and give the public direct access to current booking data and recent arrest information.

Sonoma County Inmate Search Database

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office provides an inmate search database where you can look up people currently in custody. You enter a name and the system checks the jail roster. Results show the person's booking number, charges, bail amount, and the date they were booked. The tool connects to real-time data from the county's jail management system, so it stays current as new arrests are processed and releases happen throughout the day.

The Sonoma County Jail handles all bookings for the county. It sits near the county seat of Santa Rosa. Police departments in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol, Cotati, Cloverdale, Healdsburg, and Sonoma all transport arrested people to the county jail. The sheriff's deputies bring in arrests from unincorporated areas as well. This means the inmate search captures arrests from every law enforcement agency operating in Sonoma County.

Sonoma County Arrest Log

In addition to the inmate search, the Sonoma County Sheriff publishes an arrest log on its website.

This log provides a running list of recent arrests processed by the sheriff's office, giving the public another way to check booking activity in Sonoma County.

The arrest log and the inmate search serve slightly different purposes. The inmate search shows who is in jail right now. The arrest log shows recent booking activity, which may include people who have already been released. Together, these two tools give a fairly complete picture of arrest activity in Sonoma County. The arrest log is especially useful if you want to see what happened over the past few days, even if the arrested person is no longer in custody. Both tools are free and do not require a login.

Sonoma County Sheriff Inmate Lookup

The jail inmate search connects to the live booking system at the Sonoma County Jail.

This tool shows current custody data for all inmates held in Sonoma County, including charges and bail information.

Using the search is straightforward. Type the person's last name. Add a first name if you know it. Click search. The system returns matching results. Click on a name to see the full booking record. You get charges, bail, booking date, and housing location. If someone has multiple charges, each one is listed separately with its own bail amount. The total bail is the combined figure. Sonoma County follows the standard bail schedule that assigns amounts based on offense type. Judges can change bail at a hearing.

Note: Charges listed in the booking record may change as the case progresses through the Sonoma County court system.

Arrest Disclosure Rules in Sonoma County

Sonoma County follows the same state laws on arrest record disclosure as every other California county. Government Code 7923.610 requires law enforcement agencies to share specific details about each arrest: full name, physical description, date of birth, times and dates of arrest and booking, arrest location, the circumstances, bail, and charges. This is the legal foundation for the sheriff's inmate search and arrest log in Sonoma County.

The California Public Records Act also applies. If you need a copy of a full arrest report, you can submit a request to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. The agency must respond within 10 days. There is usually a small copying fee. The basic booking data is almost always released. Investigative portions of the report may be withheld under exemptions in the law, but that does not affect the standard booking information.

Sealing Arrests in Sonoma County

If you were arrested in Sonoma County but the case ended without a conviction, you can petition to seal the record. Penal Code 851.87 allows this through the Sonoma County Superior Court. Once sealed, the arrest no longer appears on most background checks. You can legally say you were not arrested for that charge.

The automatic relief process under Penal Code 851.93 also covers Sonoma County arrests. The state DOJ reviews records monthly. Qualifying misdemeanor arrests from January 2021 onward get automatic relief if the charges were dismissed or never filed within a year. No petition or fee required. For those who need their full criminal history, the DOJ record review is available for $25. The CDCR CIRIS locator handles state prison records, and VINE (877-411-5588) provides inmate status alerts for the county jail.

Sonoma County Arrests by City

Santa Rosa is the largest city in Sonoma County and has its own police department that makes arrests. Those bookings go through the county jail system. Here is the city with its own page.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Sonoma County and each has its own jail and arrest record lookup tools.