This privately run reference site is not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, arrange release, post bond, or obtain an official booking record. Contact the responsible public office for those services.
Kern County Arrest and Record Contacts
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
1350 Norris Road
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Main: (661) 391-7500
Dispatch: (661) 861-3110
Kern County toll-free: (800) 861-3110
TDD: (661) 327-8068
Email: sheriff@kernsheriff.org
Records contacts
Arrest Records: (661) 391-7624
Crime Reports: (661) 391-7431
Public hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding stated holidays
Justice Inmate Reception Center and Lerdo contact
17801 Industrial Farm Road
Bakersfield, CA 93308
(661) 391-3100
Use the channel that matches the question:
- For custody, start with the official roster instructions.
- For today’s source method, use 24 Hour Arrests.
- For several days of activity, consult the Arrest Log.
- For eligible release or transfer alerts, use the VINELink Check.
- For a booking record or your own KCSO booking photo, see the record-request path. In-person requests require valid photo ID.
- For state-prison custody use CDCR. BOP and ICE locators cover their own systems, not Kern booking history.
KCSO does not confirm warrants by phone. Its published process requires the subject to appear with photo ID at the Justice Facility IRC, 17645 Industrial Farm Road, Bakersfield. That address differs from the general Lerdo contact above.