Sutter County Arrest Records Search

Sutter County recent arrests are posted through the sheriff's online inmate search powered by Zuercher Portal. The county sits in the Sacramento Valley with Yuba City as its county seat. Sutter County has a population of about 99,000. The Sheriff's Office runs the county jail and books people arrested by deputies and by local police agencies. The Zuercher Portal lets you look up who is currently in jail by name. It shows charges, bail, booking dates, and other details for each person in custody. The search is free and open to anyone at any time of day.

Sutter County Inmate Search Portal

The Sutter County Sheriff's Office uses the Zuercher Portal for its online inmate search. This platform lets you browse the current jail roster or look up a specific name. Each listing shows the person's full name, booking number, charges, bail amount, and booking date. The data comes from the jail management system and updates as new bookings and releases are processed. You can use it from any phone, tablet, or computer without needing a login or account.

Sutter County's jail handles bookings for the entire county. Yuba City police, sheriff's deputies, and other agencies in the area bring arrested individuals to the county jail for processing. The booking creates a record that then appears on the Zuercher Portal. Because Sutter County is relatively small, the number of current inmates at any given time is lower than in large urban counties. But the same state laws apply. All booking information that the public has a right to see under California law is available.

Sutter County Booking Records Online

The Zuercher Portal inmate page is the primary way to find recent booking data for Sutter County.

This portal shows a list of inmates currently held in the Sutter County Jail along with their booking details and charges.

Each record on the portal includes several standard fields. The person's name and date of birth are at the top. Charges are listed individually. Bail amounts are shown for each charge and the total bail for all charges combined is displayed. The arresting agency appears so you can tell whether the arrest came from the sheriff's office, Yuba City PD, or another department. Booking dates and times are recorded. The Sutter County bail schedule determines how much bail is set for each type of offense. A judge can modify bail at a hearing. People who post bail are released and their record drops from the portal. Those who stay in custody continue to show on the site.

Note: Sutter County often works closely with neighboring Yuba County, and some services are shared between the two counties.

Arrest Disclosure Laws in Sutter County

Government Code 7923.610 requires all California law enforcement agencies to publicly release specific arrest information. This covers the arrested person's full name, physical description, date of birth, time and date of both arrest and booking, location of the arrest, the surrounding circumstances, bail, and charges. Sutter County follows this law just like every other county in the state. The Zuercher Portal is one of the ways the sheriff's office meets this obligation.

Beyond the online tool, you can request records under the California Public Records Act. The Sutter County Sheriff's Office must respond within 10 days. Copies of reports may have a small fee. Some portions of an arrest report that involve ongoing investigations can be withheld, but the standard booking data is public information. You do not need to explain why you want the records. Anyone can ask.

Sutter County Jail and Booking Details

The Sutter County Jail processes all bookings for the county. When someone is arrested, they are transported to the jail. Staff take down their personal information, fingerprints, and booking photo. Charges are entered into the system from the arresting officer's report. Bail gets set based on the county schedule. The whole process can take a few hours depending on how busy the jail is.

People booked on minor charges may post bail and leave fairly quickly. Others stay in custody until a court hearing. California law requires an arraignment within 48 hours of arrest, not counting weekends and holidays. At that hearing, a judge reviews the charges and can change bail. The Sutter County Superior Court in Yuba City handles all criminal proceedings for the county. Because Sutter and Yuba counties are neighbors with interconnected communities, some legal services cover both areas. But each county runs its own jail and keeps its own booking records.

Sealing Sutter County Arrest Records

People arrested in Sutter County who were not convicted can petition to seal the arrest record. Penal Code 851.87 allows you to file a petition with the Sutter County Superior Court. If the judge grants it, the arrest record is sealed and will not appear on most background checks. You can legally state that you were not arrested for that charge.

Automatic relief under Penal Code 851.93 is another option. The state DOJ reviews records each month and grants relief for qualifying misdemeanor arrests from January 2021 or later. If the charges were dismissed or never filed within a year, the relief is automatic. No petition, no fee, no court date. This applies to Sutter County arrests just like any other California county. People who want a copy of their own criminal history can use the DOJ record review for $25 with Live Scan fingerprints. The CDCR CIRIS locator covers state prison inmates, and VINE (877-411-5588) provides custody status alerts.

Sutter County Arrests by City

Sutter County does not have any cities with a population over 100,000. Yuba City, the county seat, has about 70,000 residents. All bookings flow through the Sutter County Jail.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Sutter County and maintain their own arrest record systems and jail facilities.