1111 Bailey Ave · Civil, Family & Infractions
Needles Courthouse
Bail Bonds Guide
The Needles District handles infractions, small claims, landlord-tenant, family law, restraining orders, and limited probate. Felony and misdemeanor filings for Needles are heard in Victorville — 145 miles west on the 40.
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Needles Courthouse
1111 Bailey Ave, Needles, CA 92363
Court hours Monday–Friday · Midnight Bail Bonds open 24 hours
No criminal calendar on the river. We post Needles bonds at the jail on Bailey Avenue — before anyone is bused 145 miles west.
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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 Needles Courthouse sits at 1111 Bailey Avenue, on the Colorado River at the far eastern corner of San Bernardino County. It is a genuine, staffed courthouse serving a community that is closer to Arizona and Nevada than to its own county seat — and its case list stops short of the one thing families most often need it for.
Here is the court's own language, and we are quoting it because guessing on this point would cost somebody a day's driving. The Needles District accepts infractions, limited landlord-tenant, small claims, family law, adoptions and freedom from custody, emancipation, name change petitions, civil harassment, domestic violence, elder and dependent adult abuse, gun violence and workplace violence restraining orders, petitions for the return of firearms, misdemeanor modification of sentence, CARE Act proceedings, and a specific short list of probate and guardianship filings.
And then the court states it directly: felony and misdemeanor filings for Earp, Essex, Needles, Parker Dam, Vidal Junction, everything east of Kelbaker Road, and south of Nipton are filed and heard in the Victorville District. So a Needles arrest produces a court date at the Victorville Courthouse, 14455 Civic Drive — roughly 145 miles west on Interstate 40.
That drive is the whole story of criminal justice out here. Two and a half hours across empty desert, each way, for every appearance. Meanwhile custody starts in town: the Sheriff's Colorado River Station on Bailey Avenue operates the Needles Jail, a real Type I facility, and provides contract law enforcement for the Fort Mojave Tribe, the Chemehuevi Tribe at Havasu Landing, and the Colorado River Indian Tribes at Big River. One small jail absorbs bookings from the entire eastern edge of the county — and a bond posted there, before the transport bus, is worth more in Needles than almost anywhere else in California.
Official court information: sanbernardino.courts.ca.gov
At A Glance
- Needles Courthouse
- 1111 Bailey Ave, Needles, CA 92363
- San Bernardino County Superior Court — Needles District — Civil, Family & Infractions
- Bail bonds posted 24/7, including nights, weekends, and court holidays
Hours Of Operation
Court hours and jail release timing are two different clocks. Needles Courthouse runs on a weekday court calendar; the jail holding your family member runs 24 hours a day.
| Building hours | 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday – Friday |
|---|---|
| Criminal calendar | None at this location — Victorville District |
| Weekends & court holidays | Closed |
| Needles Jail bookings | 24 hours |
| Midnight Bail Bonds | Open 24 hours, 7 days a week |
The Superior Court lists building hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding court holidays, for the Needles District at 1111 Bailey Avenue.
Because there is no custody calendar in this building, these hours have nothing to do with release timing. The facility holding the defendant controls that, and jails accept bonds around the clock.
Note the time zone trap. Needles runs on Pacific time like the rest of California, while Bullhead City and Lake Havasu across the river sit in Arizona. A phone confirmed against the wrong clock is how people miss an 8:30 calendar 145 miles away.
Our Reviews
Real feedback from families we've helped release loved ones across San Bernardino County — sourced live from Google.
Charges We Handle
Every charge type and financing option we write for defendants whose cases are calendared at Needles Courthouse. 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
Access notes for the river's only courthouse. Confirmed details only, plus the drive that actually matters.
Location
1111 Bailey Avenue, Needles, on the same street as the Sheriff's Colorado River Station and the Needles Jail. Free surface parking; no structure, no meters.
From Interstate 40
Take the Needles exits into town and follow Bailey Avenue, the main north-south street through the city. The courthouse and the station sit on the same corridor.
Coming from Arizona or Laughlin
Cross into California and remember the clock changes. Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, so the gap between Needles and Bullhead City shifts by an hour depending on the season.
The Victorville drive
If the matter is criminal, the appearance is at 14455 Civic Dr in Victorville — roughly 145 miles west on I-40, two and a half hours each way with essentially no services in between. Fuel up before you leave.
Departments & Case Types
What the Needles District actually accepts, and the criminal work that travels to Victorville instead.
Infractions
Traffic and non-traffic infraction matters for Needles, Earp, Essex, Parker Dam, Vidal Junction, Big River, Goffs, Havasu Landing, and the area east of Kelbaker Road.
Small Claims & Limited Landlord/Tenant
Small claims and limited landlord-tenant filings for the eastern county, including the communities the court routes here from the Joshua Tree District's map.
Family Law
Family law, adoptions and freedom from custody, emancipation, and name change petitions.
Restraining Orders
Civil harassment, domestic violence, elder and dependent adult abuse, gun violence, workplace violence, and postsecondary school protective orders, plus petitions for the return of firearms.
Limited Probate, Guardianship & CARE Act
A specific short list of probate and guardianship filings — guardianship of person and/or estate, small-value real property affidavits, succession petitions, spousal property petitions, and petitions to determine fact of death or marriage — plus CARE Act proceedings.
Not Heard Here — Criminal and Bail
Felony and misdemeanor filings, arraignments, bail motions under Penal Code §1275, preliminary hearings, and trials are filed and heard at the Victorville Courthouse, 14455 Civic Dr, (760) 245-6215. Misdemeanor modification of sentence is the one criminal-adjacent filing this location does accept.
How To Post Bail At Needles Courthouse
Bail review and reduction motions in California run under Penal Code §1270.1, and the starting figure comes from the San Bernardino County Felony and Misdemeanor Bail Schedule (effective January 1, 2026).
No bail is set or posted in this building. No defendant is produced from custody here, and no judge here hears a Penal Code §1275 motion.
After a Needles arrest, the bond goes to the Needles Jail at the Sheriff's Colorado River Station on Bailey Avenue. That is a real Type I facility, not a holding closet — the same station that provides contract law enforcement for the Fort Mojave Tribe, the Chemehuevi Tribe at Havasu Landing, and the Colorado River Indian Tribes at Big River. If the defendant is transported into longer-term county custody, the bond follows to the High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto or the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino.
The amount starts with the San Bernardino County Felony and Misdemeanor Bail Schedule adopted under Penal Code §1269b(c). A judge in Victorville may raise or lower it under Penal Code §1275 after weighing public safety, the seriousness of the offense, the defendant's record, and the probability of appearance, and In re Humphrey (2021) requires consideration of ability to pay and less restrictive alternatives before an amount is set that results in detention.
Distance is the enemy here, and it is beatable in exactly one way: post before transport. A bond written at the Needles Jail keeps the release in town and turns a 290-mile round trip into a walk down Bailey Avenue. We handle that by phone — a name and date of birth, a confirmed booking, and the paperwork moving while the bus is still parked. Premium is the statutory 10% filed with the California Department of Insurance.
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 Needles Courthouse 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 holds nobody. These are the facilities that decide how long a Needles arrest actually lasts.
Needles Jail — Colorado River Station
1111 Bailey Ave, Needles, CA 92363
The Sheriff's Colorado River Station operates this Type I jail on the same street as the courthouse. Needles arrests and tribal-contract bookings from Fort Mojave, Havasu Landing, and Big River all start here. Post before transport and the case never leaves town in custody.
High Desert Detention Center
9438 Commerce Way, Adelanto, CA 92301
The county's High Desert jail, near the Victorville criminal calendar. Needles defendants moved into county custody are commonly held here while the case is calendared in Victorville.
View PageCentral Detention Center
630 E Rialto Ave, San Bernardino, CA 92415
The county's downtown intake jail, roughly 240 miles from Needles. A transfer this far west turns every visit and every release into a full-day drive.
View PageBail FAQs
Questions specific to Needles Courthouse — the calendar, the bail process here, and how release timing actually works.