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How Colusa County Jail Release Works

A release from Colusa County Jail means the local jail custody event has ended. It does not always mean the criminal case ended, that supervision ended, or that the person went directly home. The Colusa County Jail is the county's primary adult detention facility at 929 Bridge Street in Colusa. The county jail page says the facility was constructed in 1962, occupied in 1963, normally operates with a staff of 13, and can house up to 92 incarcerated persons. It holds people awaiting trial and people serving local sentences, including up to a year in the facility for each felony conviction. Source: Colusa County Jail.

For Colusa County released inmates, the first question is which agency last had custody. A person may leave Colusa County Jail after bail, bond, a court order, time served, a local sentence calculation, probation or Work Release Program routing, dismissal, transfer to CDCR, transfer on another agency's warrant, or movement into federal or immigration custody. Each path creates a different record trail. VINE can show current jail custody status, sheriff records can address the booking and release record, the Colusa Superior Court can show case disposition and warrants, CDCR CIRIS covers state-prison custody, and BOP or ICE systems apply only when the custody is federal or immigration custody.

Release Types in Colusa County

Colusa County's official sources do not provide a single online release-type menu, but the release paths are visible from the jail, bail, court, probation, and state records material. A release by bail or bond is different from time served because the case may continue after the person leaves jail. A transfer is also different from release into the community because the person may no longer be held by Colusa County Jail while another agency has custody or supervision responsibility.

Bond-Out Releases and Court Follow-Up

Colusa County's Bail, Monies & Property page says bail may be posted by U.S. currency, cashier check, money order, or a bail bond agency. A bond-out release is a custody event, not a final case result. After a bond release, the next practical check is the Colusa Superior Court criminal record, because the court can show future hearing dates, fines, warrant information, and case status. Source: Bail, Monies & Property; source: Colusa Superior Court Criminal Division.

This distinction matters when reading Colusa County released inmates information. A person can be out of jail and still have a pending case, remaining conditions, a later disposition, or a warrant if a court requirement is missed. The jail release record tells how custody ended. The court record explains what happened, or what still must happen, in the criminal case.

What a Colusa County Release Record Shows

The central release-record field is the time and manner of release. California Government Code section 7923.610 requires state and local law-enforcement agencies to make specified arrest information public, subject to safety and investigation limits, including the time and manner of release or current holding location. The same law covers identifying and booking information, arrest details, bail, and charges or holds. Source: California Government Code section 7923.610.

Requesting a Colusa Jail Release Record

The records-request fallback is important in Colusa County because the official county pages reviewed did not show a public jail roster, release archive, or 24-hour or 72-hour release feed. The Colusa County Sheriff's Office is at 929 Bridge Street, Colusa, CA 95932. The sheriff directory lists the main phone as (530) 458-0200 and the jail phone as (530) 458-0205. The Sheriff's Office Records Unit processes crime reports and citations, and records-related appointment numbers shown on the Records page are (530) 458-0234 and (530) 458-0233. Sources: Sheriff staff directory; Records Unit.

1. Identify the request as a Colusa County Jail booking or release record, or a request for public arrest-release information.
2. Provide the person's full name, known aliases, date of birth or approximate age, and approximate arrest, booking, or release date.
3. Ask for the public information covered by Government Code section 7923.610, including booking date, charges or holds, bail amount, and time and manner of release.
4. Ask whether a booking photograph exists and whether it is available for inspection or copy, subject to legal limits.
5. Ask for a fee estimate before copies are produced, and keep the request focused on custody status, release date, release method, and official records.

For court records, the Colusa Superior Court criminal division says basic case information can be searched through the online index or requested by phone at (530) 458-5149 option 4. Court copy guidance in the research notes a $0.50 per page copy reference and a $40 certification fee if certification is needed, but the court record is separate from the sheriff's jail booking file. Source: Colusa Superior Court Criminal Division.

California Release-Record Rules

California law supports public access to specified arrest and release information, but it does not make every jail-related detail public in every case. Government Code section 7923.610 includes the time and manner of release or current holding location, while allowing limits when disclosure would endanger safety or an investigation. Juvenile records, sealed records, active investigations, and protected personal information require more care than ordinary adult jail-release facts.

Later record relief is separate from the original custody release. Penal Code section 1203.4 addresses dismissal after probation or qualifying discharge, subject to statutory exceptions. Penal Code section 851.91 addresses petitions to seal arrests that did not result in conviction and includes a release-related notice requirement for detention facilities. Those processes can affect later public access or case treatment, but they do not mean that every original jail record disappears or that a release itself resolves the court case. Sources: Penal Code section 1203.4; Penal Code section 851.91.

Property After Colusa Jail Release

Colusa County has a separate personal-property process that can matter after release. The Release of Personal Property page says to call the Sheriff's Department at (530) 458-0200 to make an appointment for property release. The Bail, Monies & Property page says an incarcerated person may delegate small property, but no clothing will be released. Source: Release of Personal Property; source: Bail, Monies & Property.

Property release is not the same as a custody release record. It is a practical follow-up step when personal belongings, jail account issues, or delegated property are involved. Keep the two requests separate: ask the jail or sheriff records channel for the release record, and ask the property process about appointment requirements for property.

Colusa County Released Inmate Search Path

The most reliable way to look up Colusa County released inmates is to work from the last known custody point outward. A released person may have dropped off the jail's live custody status, may never have appeared in a public roster, or may have left county custody for another system. Colusa's official source sweep found no sheriff-published online 24-hour or 72-hour release list, so the search path cannot depend on a public recent-release feed.

1. Start with Colusa County Jail if the person was arrested or held locally. The jail is at 929 Bridge Street, and the jail phone is (530) 458-0205.
2. Use Colusa County VINE or VINELink for one-person custody status. VINE is the closest official electronic status route for the jail.
3. Check the Colusa Superior Court criminal record for case status, hearing dates, warrants, fines, and disposition.
4. Search CDCR CIRIS if the person was transferred to state prison or released from CDCR custody after a Colusa case.
5. Verify probation or parole through the correct supervision agency. Local probation and state parole are different systems.
6. Use BOP or ICE systems only if the facts point to federal or immigration custody.
7. When online systems do not answer the question, request the sheriff booking or release record.

For same-day local checks, see the site's 24-Hour Releases page. For supervision-specific details, see Post-Release Supervision.

VINE Updates from Colusa County Jail

Colusa County's VINE page is unusually specific about update timing. It says VINE monitors custody status of offenders in Colusa County Jail and receives updated information every 15 minutes through an interface with the jail booking system. VINE is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and can provide current custody status, location of offender, and an offender number when a search is by name. Source: Colusa County VINE.

VINE is a custody-status and notification system, not a full release-record archive. A released or not-in-custody result indicates the jail no longer holds the person through that record. It may not explain the legal reason for release, the final court disposition, whether probation follows, or whether another agency took custody. Use VINE to identify the custody status, then use sheriff records and the court case to document the reason and case outcome.

Colusa County Recent Releases Online

No official Colusa County 24-hour release list, 72-hour release list, public current-inmate roster, booking-photo gallery, or released-booking archive was found on the official county jail, sheriff, records, VINE, bail/property, services, mail, or visiting pages reviewed for this project. That absence is a Colusa-specific finding. The correct replacement is not an unofficial roster site. It is VINE for custody status, the jail or sheriff records channel for the release record, and the court for case information.

No official Colusa sheriff mobile app or jail-info app showing releases or mugshots was found. The county's reliable electronic release-status route is VINE and VINELink, not a county app. Because there is no official public web list, there is also no official Colusa online retention window for how long released people remain visible on a recent-release page.

Court Calendar Gaps After Release

The Colusa Superior Court criminal division is a key follow-up source because court events can cause release before a public web page catches up. The criminal division says most in-custody defendants are placed on calendar the morning of court and may not appear on the court calendar. It also says users can call after 9:00 a.m. for time and department on in-custody arraignments. Source: Colusa Superior Court Criminal Division.

The court's online services page says the Online Calendar Portal is temporarily unavailable until further notice, while the court calendar page says the calendar is updated routinely and lists the next two weeks of cases. For Colusa County released inmates, that means a calendar-only lookup can miss same-day custody changes, arraignment movement, and release orders. A direct criminal-division check may be needed for hearing, warrant, and disposition information. Sources: Online Services; Court Calendar.

CDCR Offender Search for Colusa Releases

CDCR CIRIS is the state-prison search path, not the ordinary county-jail release list. Use it when a Colusa case resulted in a CDCR commitment, when a person was transferred from Colusa County Jail to state prison, or when the release being checked is a state-prison release. California's state service page says CIRIS results may include name, CDCR number, age, current location, commitment counties, admission date, and Board of Parole Hearing dates and outcomes for people in CDCR custody. Sources: CDCR CIRIS; California CIRIS service description.

California state-prison date language is not one simple county release-date field. CDCR and the Board of Parole Hearings use terms such as Earliest Possible Release Date, Minimum Eligible Parole Date, Nonviolent Parole Eligible Date, Youth Parole Eligible Date, and Elderly Parole Eligible Date. Local Colusa jail dates are controlled instead by bail, court orders, local sentence credits, holds, and jail processing. Sources: BPH parole eligibility; Penal Code section 4019.

Probation, Work Release, and Parole

Probation and parole should not be treated as one database. Colusa County Probation is the local supervision office at 532 Oak Street, Colusa, phone (530) 458-5871, with hours Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The county probation page identifies Kristen Simmons as Chief Probation Officer. Source: Colusa County Probation.

The local Work Release and Alternative Work Program is a distinctive Colusa release path. The county says a person sentenced to probation and ordered to complete community service, or released on the Work Release Program, must report to the Probation Department to enroll and complete a work program packet. Roll call is Wednesday through Sunday at 8:00 a.m. at the Gazebo on the historic courthouse grounds at 6th Street and Jay Street in Colusa. The work crew supervisor number listed in the research is (530) 458-0659. Source: Community Service and Work Release.

State parole is different. CDCR's Division of Adult Parole Operations handles adult state parole after a state-prison release, and the Board of Parole Hearings handles parole suitability decisions for eligible cases. The CDCR Northern Region directory is the correct source for identifying parole units rather than guessing a unit from a Colusa address. Source: CDCR Northern Region directory.

VINELink, BOP, ICE, and Registries

VINELink California and the Colusa County VINE pages support custody-status checks and notification registration. Colusa's registration page says the public may register directly with VINE by phone at (877) 411-5588 or online, using a reachable telephone number and a four-digit PIN. Notification events include advance notification of release, release from custody for any reason, escape, return to custody after escape, transfer, and unsupervised custody. Source: VINE registration.

Federal and immigration custody are separate from Colusa County Jail custody. The BOP Inmate Locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present, and BOP explains that if a release date is in the past and no facility location appears, the person was released from BOP custody on that date, though another system may still be involved. ICE's Online Detainee Locator applies to people currently in ICE custody or who have been in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody for more than 48 hours. Sources: BOP Inmate Locator; BOP about records; ICE Online Detainee Locator.

California's Megan's Law website is a registry source only for registrable sex offenses where public disclosure is allowed. It is not a Colusa jail release list, not a general released-inmate database, and not a substitute for jail, court, CDCR, BOP, ICE, or VINE records. Source: California Megan's Law.

Released or Still in Custody

The right place to look depends on custody status and custody type. A live custody status source can answer whether the jail currently holds someone. A release record explains how that jail custody ended. A court record explains the criminal case. A state, federal, or immigration locator applies only when that system is actually involved.

Colusa County Detention Facilities

Colusa County Jail is the primary adult facility for Colusa County released inmates. It is the local jail to check for adult county custody, VINE status, bail-related release, time served, court-order release, probation or work-release routing, property issues, and sheriff records requests.

Tri-County Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility appears in the facility map only as a juvenile caveat. Colusa County's juvenile justice page says a person under 18 arrested in Colusa County is transported to and booked at the Colusa County Probation Department and may then be transported to Tri-County Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility in Marysville or released to a parent or guardian if appropriate. Juvenile matters are not a public adult released-inmate search path. Source: Colusa County Juvenile Justice Services.

• Colusa County Jail
• Tri-County Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility

Booking Photos and Release Records

No official Colusa County public booking-photo roster, released-inmate mugshot feed, or recent-release photo gallery was found in the official source review. A booking photograph may still exist in a sheriff or law-enforcement record, but availability must be handled through the proper records channel and legal limits. VINE lists custody status, location, and offender number, not booking photographs.

California law also treats booking-photo publication differently from release-record access. Civil Code section 1798.91.1 restricts pay-to-remove booking-photo practices by publishers or disseminators. Penal Code section 13665 restricts law-enforcement social-media sharing of booking photos in specified nonviolent arrest contexts and includes removal and identity-language requirements. Sources: Civil Code section 1798.91.1; Penal Code section 13665.