Search Humboldt County Released Inmates

Released inmate information for Humboldt County is published through the sheriff's jail reports page. The Humboldt County Sheriff posts PDF jail reports on the county government site that show bookings, releases, and current custody status for inmates at the Humboldt County jail in Eureka. The county sits on California's North Coast and covers a large rural area. You can view jail reports online at no cost. The Humboldt County Sheriff also provides inmate information by phone. This page covers the tools and laws that apply to searching for released inmates in Humboldt County.

Humboldt County Jail Reports

The Humboldt County Sheriff publishes jail reports at humboldtgov.org/331/Jail-Reports. These are PDF documents that list people booked into the Humboldt County jail. Each report includes names, charges, booking dates, and custody status. When an inmate is released from the Humboldt County jail, that information shows up in subsequent reports. The reports are free to view and download. No account or login is required.

Humboldt County updates these jail reports on a regular cycle. The PDFs are the main public-facing tool for checking on released inmates in the county. Unlike counties that use searchable databases, Humboldt County's approach requires you to open the report and look through it manually. You can use the search function in your PDF viewer to find a specific name. If the person was booked and released recently, the report should have their information. For older records of released inmates from Humboldt County, you may need to scroll through past reports or contact the sheriff's office directly in Eureka.

How to Search Humboldt County Inmate Records

Go to the Humboldt County jail reports page and open the most recent PDF. Use Control+F or Command+F to search for the person's name. The report lists each inmate with their booking details and charges. If someone has been released from the Humboldt County jail, that will be noted in the report. Check several recent reports if the booking happened more than a few days ago.

Tips for searching Humboldt County released inmates more effectively:

• Open multiple recent PDFs if the arrest date is unclear
• Try searching by last name only for broader results
• Check the date range of each Humboldt County jail report before searching
• Call the Humboldt County Sheriff for records not available online

If you cannot find the person in the published Humboldt County jail reports, call the sheriff's office. They can look up any person who was booked into the Humboldt County jail and tell you their release status. Written requests under the California Public Records Act are another option. The sheriff must respond within 10 calendar days of receiving your written request for released inmate records.

California Law on Humboldt Inmate Records

The Humboldt County Sheriff is required by Government Code 7923.610 to make arrest and booking information available to the public. The data that must be released includes the full name of every person arrested by the agency, their physical description, the date and time of arrest, booking time, bail set, all charges, and the time and manner of release from Humboldt County custody. This law took effect on January 1, 2023, and it applies to every state and local law enforcement agency in California. The sheriff can hold back specific information only if releasing it would endanger someone or compromise an active investigation.

For former state prison inmates who are paroled to Humboldt County, Penal Code 3003 kicks in. CDCR has to tell the Humboldt County Sheriff detailed information about each released inmate returning to the area on parole. That includes the person's name, birthday, physical features including tattoos and scars, the offenses they were convicted of, and their planned address in Humboldt County. Parolees must return to the county where they last lived before prison. This means Humboldt County gets regular notifications about released inmates coming back to the community from California state prisons.

Humboldt County VINE Custody Tracking

VINE is a free notification service that tracks inmates across California, including the Humboldt County jail. You can search for someone by name and register for alerts. VINE will send you a call, text, or email when the person is released, transferred, or when there is any change to their custody status in Humboldt County. The system runs 24/7 and supports more than 200 languages.

VINE is particularly helpful in Humboldt County because the jail reports are published as PDFs rather than through a live search portal. If you need instant notification when a Humboldt County inmate gets released, VINE fills that gap. You do not have to keep checking the PDF reports. Just register once and wait for the alert. Call 1-877-411-5588 to set up notifications by phone, or visit vinelink.com to do it online. The service covers about 2,900 facilities across the country, and the Humboldt County jail is included.

Humboldt County Jail Reports Page

The Humboldt County government website hosts the jail reports page at humboldtgov.org/331/Jail-Reports. This is the primary source for public booking and release data from the Humboldt County Sheriff's detention facility in Eureka.

The page lists available PDF jail reports organized by date. Each PDF covers a specific time period and shows all people who were booked into the Humboldt County jail during that window. Released inmates appear with their release date and time noted. The reports also include charge details, bail amounts, and case numbers. For Humboldt County residents or anyone looking for a person who was recently in custody, this page is the starting point. Between the jail reports and the statewide CIRIS database for state prison records, you can cover most released inmate searches in Humboldt County.

You can file a Public Records Act request through the California DOJ PRA page or directly with the Humboldt County Sheriff for records that are not included in the published jail reports. The CDCR Public Records Portal handles requests related to state prison released inmates.

Nearby Counties With Inmate Search Tools

Humboldt County sits on the northern California coast. Several neighboring counties maintain their own released inmate records and jail search systems. If the person you are looking for was arrested outside Humboldt County, try one of these nearby areas.

Del Norte County to the north uses a CitizenRIMS portal for jail data. Trinity County to the east uses the VINE system for inmate lookups. Mendocino County to the south runs an inmate inquiry tool through its sheriff's site. Each of these counties processes released inmates separately from Humboldt County, so you will need to check their individual systems.

Humboldt County Cities and Jail Data

Eureka and Arcata are the biggest cities in Humboldt County, but neither one reaches a population of 100,000. No Humboldt County city qualifies for its own released inmate page on this site. All city police bookings in the county go through the Humboldt County jail in Eureka. The PDF jail reports from the sheriff cover arrests made by both county deputies and city police departments. So whether someone was picked up by the Eureka Police Department or a Humboldt County sheriff's deputy, the released inmate record will appear in the same jail reports.

For any Humboldt County city, use the jail reports page and the VINE system as your main tools for tracking released inmates.