27401 Menifee Center Dr · Opened July 8, 2024
Menifee Justice Center
Bail Bonds Guide
The Menifee Justice Center serves two cities — Menifee and Hemet, whose own courthouse closed in 2024 — but only for civil, family law, small claims, and eviction matters. Criminal cases are heard in Banning.
Call (213) 295-7796
Menifee Justice Center
27401 Menifee Center Dr, Menifee, CA 92584
(951) 777-3147
Court hours Monday–Friday · Midnight Bail Bonds open 24 hours
Criminal matters for this region — and every bail bond — belong to Banning, not to this building. We write those bonds around the clock at the jail holding the defendant.
(213) 295-7796
Table Of Contents
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Courthouse Overview
Hours Of Operation
Our Reviews
Charges We Handle
Parking And Directions
Departments & Case Types
How To Post Bail
Nearby Jails & Detention Centers
Bail FAQs
Courthouse Overview
The Menifee Justice Center opened on July 8, 2024 at 27401 Menifee Center Drive. The Superior Court lists four categories of matters served here: civil, evictions, family law, and small claims. That list is worth reading twice, because the assumption most people make about this building is wrong.
The assumption is that Menifee simply replaced the Hemet Courthouse. It did not — not entirely. When the Hemet Courthouse at 880 N State Street closed, its civil, family law, small claims, and eviction work came here. Its criminal and traffic calendars went to the Banning Justice Center instead. We checked the court's current listing for this location rather than carrying the old Hemet case list across, and criminal is not on it.
So this building serves two cities at once. Menifee finally has a courthouse of its own after years of routing residents to Murrieta or Hemet. And Hemet and the San Jacinto Valley now come here for the civil half of what they used to handle on State Street.
We are a bail bond company, so the direct version: if you are reading this because someone was arrested, this is not the courthouse involved. Nobody is arraigned in this building. The bond is posted at the jail holding the defendant and the case is calendared in Banning.
Official court information: riverside.courts.ca.gov
At A Glance
- Menifee Justice Center
- 27401 Menifee Center Dr, Menifee, CA 92584
- (951) 777-3147
- Riverside County Superior Court — Mid-County — Menifee & Hemet Region
- Bail bonds posted 24/7, including nights, weekends, and court holidays
Hours Of Operation
Court hours and jail release timing are two different clocks. Menifee Justice Center runs on a weekday court calendar; the jail holding your family member runs 24 hours a day.
| Courthouse building hours | 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday – Friday |
|---|---|
| Clerk's office phone hours | 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Monday – Friday |
| Drop box | Available until 4:00 p.m. on court days |
| Weekends & court holidays | Closed |
| Midnight Bail Bonds | Open 24 hours, 7 days a week |
The court publishes building hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and separately limits clerk's office phone hours to 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., excluding court holidays. Documents dropped after 4:00 p.m. are processed the next court day.
Because nothing on this calendar is custodial, there is no after-hours release question at this address. Jail release timelines apply to the criminal calendar in Banning.
Our Reviews
Real feedback from families we've helped release loved ones across Riverside County — sourced live from Google.
Charges We Handle
Every charge type and financing option we write for defendants whose cases are calendared at Menifee Justice Center. Open any page for statutes, bail schedule figures, and payment terms.
1% Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for 1% bail bonds.
1275 Hold Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for 1275 hold bail bonds.
2% Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for 2% bail bonds.
24-Hour Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for 24-hour bail bonds.
Affordable Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for affordable bail bonds.
Assault & Battery Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for assault & battery bail bonds.
Burglary Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for burglary bail bonds.
Domestic Violence Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for domestic violence bail bonds.
Drug Charge Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for drug charge bail bonds.
DUI Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for dui bail bonds.
Elder Abuse Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for elder abuse bail bonds.
Failure To Appear Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for failure to appear bail bonds.
Felony Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for felony bail bonds.
Gun & Weapons Charge Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for gun & weapons charge bail bonds.
Manslaughter Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for manslaughter bail bonds.
Misdemeanor Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for misdemeanor bail bonds.
Murder Charge Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for murder charge bail bonds.
No-Collateral Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for no-collateral bail bonds.
No Money Down Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for no money down bail bonds.
Online Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for online bail bonds.
Probation Violation Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for probation violation bail bonds.
Robbery Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for robbery bail bonds.
Theft Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for theft bail bonds.
Traffic & Vehicle Code Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for traffic & vehicle code bail bonds.
Parking And Directions
The court publishes parking and access information for this location. Everything below comes from the court's own page rather than from our observation.
Public parking
Parking is available in front of the court building, with eight handicapped spaces in front of the courthouse. Vehicles displaying a handicapped placard or plate may park in any space.
Jury parking
The court publishes separate designated jury-service parking instructions for this location — check the court's jury parking page if you have been summoned.
Main entrance
The main entrance is on Menifee Center Drive with wheelchair ramps to the left and right. The entry doors are not equipped with handicapped door activation buttons.
Security screening
Everyone entering passes through magnetometers at the main entrance, which the court notes can accommodate average-sized wheelchairs. Hand-wand screening is available for pacemakers or cochlear implants.
Elevators & floors
Courtrooms sit on the second and third floors. Elevator cabs are equipped with Braille signage and emergency call features.
Departments & Case Types
The case categories the court currently lists at Menifee Center Drive, plus the work that went to Banning instead. Always follow the department number on your own paperwork.
Civil
General civil litigation for the mid-county region — contract disputes, personal injury, and related matters previously heard in Hemet.
Family Law
Dissolution, custody, support, and related family matters for Menifee, Hemet, San Jacinto, and the surrounding communities.
Small Claims
Small claims filings and hearings for the mid-county area — one of the four categories the court lists at this location.
Evictions (Unlawful Detainer)
Unlawful detainer matters for the region. Landlord and tenant filings that once went to State Street in Hemet are filed here now.
Courtroom Directory
Nine departments: M201, M202, M203, M204, and M205 on the second floor, and M301, M302, M303, and M304 on the third.
Not Heard Here — Criminal & Traffic
Criminal arraignments, preliminary hearings, bail review, trials, and traffic citations for this region are heard at the Banning Justice Center, 311 E Ramsey St. Anyone in custody appears there, not here.
How To Post Bail At Menifee Justice Center
Bail review and reduction motions in California run under Penal Code §1270.1, and the starting figure comes from the Riverside County Felony and Misdemeanor Bail Schedule (effective October 20, 2025).
There is no bail process at this courthouse, and we are not going to invent one. The court lists civil, family law, small claims, and evictions here. Nobody is arraigned in this building and nobody on its calendar is in custody.
If you landed here after an arrest in Menifee or Hemet, the process you need runs through two other addresses. The bond is posted at the facility holding the defendant — usually the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, or a municipal jail such as Hemet's on East Latham Avenue in the first hours after a city arrest — and the criminal case is then calendared at the Banning Justice Center.
Call us before driving anywhere. Menifee is contracted with the Riverside County Sheriff and Hemet runs its own police department, so the first custody location differs depending on which city made the arrest. We confirm it by phone, then post. Statutory 10% premium, 1% down on approved credit.
2025 Release Categories
Every bond we write is issued by a California Department of Insurance licensed bail agent under Cal. Ins. Code §1800, at the statutory 10% premium.
If A Court Date Here Is Missed
A missed appearance at Menifee Justice Center can mean a forfeited bond and a bench warrant the same day. There is a statutory window to bring the defendant back before forfeiture becomes a judgment against the cosigner — call us immediately. Failure to appear bail bonds →
Nearby Jails & Detention Centers
This courthouse has no custody function, so no jail feeds its calendar. The facilities below are listed because families from Menifee and Hemet arrive here looking for a criminal case that is actually in Banning.
Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility
1627 S Hargrave St, Banning, CA 92220
The county's largest jail, in the same city as the criminal courthouse for this region. Mid-county defendants held past initial booking commonly end up here rather than anywhere near Menifee.
Hemet Jail
450 E Latham Ave, Hemet, CA 92543
Hemet's independent police department runs its own city jail for people arrested by Hemet PD. A bond posted here can end custody before any county transfer — unrelated to this courthouse's civil calendar.
Cois M. Byrd Detention Center
30755-B Auld Rd, Murrieta, CA 92563
The southwest county facility. Menifee sits on the boundary between regions, so a Menifee arrest can land here rather than in Banning — one more reason to confirm custody by phone first.
Bail FAQs
Questions specific to Menifee Justice Center — the calendar, the bail process here, and how release timing actually works.