Pasadena Courthouse
Bail Bonds Guide

300 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA 91101. The courthouse is open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with the clerk's office open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except court holidays. Departments generally sit from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Pasadena and the surrounding northeast Los Angeles County communities in the court's Northeast District. Our Pasadena city page covers the local jail, booking, and release side of an arrest here.

No. Both sit in the Northeast District, but they are separate buildings with separate calendars — Pasadena on Walnut Street, Alhambra at 150 W. Commonwealth Ave. The courthouse name on your notice controls where you appear.

No. Bail bonds are posted at the facility holding the defendant, never at a courthouse counter. On a Pasadena arrest that means Pasadena Police Department custody first, then the county facilities downtown after transfer.

Typically it is already set at booking under the county bail schedule, so it can be posted immediately. The court reviews it at arraignment and may keep, raise, or reduce it, or grant own-recognizance release, under the bail hearing rules cited above.

It depends on where they are held. A Pasadena city jail release can move in a couple of hours once the bond is posted. After transfer to the Inmate Reception Center downtown, processing commonly runs several hours and stretches longer overnight and on weekends.

The judge can order the bond forfeited and issue a bench warrant that day. California allows a limited statutory window to bring the defendant back before the court and set the forfeiture aside before summary judgment against the surety, so call immediately.