Orange County Intake Release Center Bail Bonds Guide

How To Post Bail Here

Nearby Courthouse

Which Cities Route Here

Bail FAQs

Facility Overview

The Intake Release Center is at 550 N Flower St, Santa Ana, CA 92703, inside the Orange County Sheriff's Department's central custody complex in the civic center. It is the countywide receiving and release point, operated by the Sheriff rather than by any city.

The distinction that matters on the phone is function, not address. The IRC receives and releases. The Central Men's and Central Women's Jails, in the same complex at the same street number, house people. A booking arrives through the IRC, gets classified, and is then housed in Central, sent north to Theo Lacy in Orange, or sent south to the James A. Musick Facility in Irvine. All of that happens under one address, which is why families are constantly told two different things about where someone "is."

Orange County runs an unusually large number of independent municipal jails — seventeen city police departments book their own arrests. Those facilities are short-term. When a hold continues, custody moves here. That is what makes this building the most-referenced facility on the Orange County side of this site: it is the common destination for a Brea booking, a Costa Mesa booking, a Fullerton booking, and everything in between.

Bail is not decided here. The figure comes from the countywide schedule and is attached to the charge at booking, whether that booking happened at a city counter or at this one.

Official facility information: Orange County Sheriff's Department

At A Glance

Intake Release Center (IRC)
550 N Flower St, Santa Ana, CA 92703
(714) 647-4666
Orange County Sheriff's Department
Bail bonds accepted 24 hours a day, weekends and holidays included

Hours & Visiting

Visiting runs on a scheduled, restricted calendar. Bail posting at the Intake Release Center does not — a bond can be accepted at any hour of any day.

Bail bonds accepted	24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Intake / booking	Continuous — countywide receiving point
Release processing	Continuous, with heavier queues at shift change and on weekends
Custody line	(714) 647-4666
Midnight Bail Bonds	Open 24 hours, every day

Confirm the transfer actually happened before driving to Santa Ana. A person still at a city counter in Brea, Cypress, or Newport Beach is released from that counter, not from Flower Street.

Release from the IRC takes longer than release from a municipal jail. This building absorbs the whole county's volume; plan for hours, not minutes.

Housing assignment can change after intake. Someone booked here may be at Theo Lacy or Musick by the time a visitor arrives — always re-confirm the building on the day.

Court runs on a weekday calendar. Bonds do not. A bond posted at 3 a.m. starts the release clock immediately.

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Charges We Handle

Every charge type and financing option we write bonds for on defendants held at the Intake Release 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.

Booking & Custody Process

How a booking moves through the county's central receiving point and back out the release door.

Arrest By A City Agency Or The Sheriff

Either a municipal department books at its own counter first, or a Sheriff's deputy — including in the contract cities the department polices — brings the arrestee straight to Flower Street.

Transfer Into County Custody

A hold that continues past a city jail's short-term window is transported to the IRC. This is the moment the agency with the person changes, and the moment the records desk you should be calling changes with it.

Intake, Screening, And Classification

Property, fingerprints, warrant checks, and medical and classification screening. Nobody is released mid-intake regardless of how quickly a bond is arranged.

Bail Confirmed From The Uniform Schedule

Orange County sets bail from the 2026 Uniform Bail Schedule adopted by the Superior Court under Penal Code §1269b(c). The number is attached to the charge, not negotiated at the window.

Housing Assignment Or Bond

Without a bond, classification sends the person to the Central jails in this complex, to Theo Lacy in Orange, or to Musick in Irvine. With a bond, the case never reaches housing.

Arraignment Or Release

In-custody defendants are frequently arraigned in Department CJ1 inside this complex, or transported to the justice center designated for the arresting city. Bonded defendants walk out the release side of this building.

How To Post Bail At the Intake Release Center

Premium on a California bail bond is set by the rate filed with the Department of Insurance under Cal. Ins. Code §1800, the starting figure comes from the Orange County 2026 Uniform Bail Schedule (effective January 1, 2026), and review or reduction runs under Penal Code §1270.1.

Bail on a scheduled charge exists at booking, so a bond can post here without waiting for a courtroom to open. That is the whole reason a 2 a.m. call is worth making.

The amount comes from the Orange County 2026 Uniform Bail Schedule, adopted by the Superior Court under Penal Code §1269b(c). Countywide zero-bail has been rescinded in Orange County; the schedule governs. A judge may deviate at arraignment under Penal Code §1275, weighing public safety, the seriousness of the offense, and the defendant's record and likelihood of appearing.

On violent and serious felonies and a specific statutory list, Penal Code §1270.1 blocks release on any amount other than the scheduled figure until a hearing in open court. That hearing is often held in Department CJ1 in this same complex.

In re Humphrey (2021) 11 Cal.5th 135 requires courts to consider ability to pay and non-financial conditions before setting money bail a defendant cannot afford — at the hearing, not at the intake window.

Give us a full legal name and date of birth. We confirm whether custody is here or still at a city counter, verify the scheduled amount, and post at any hour. 10% premium, 1% down on approved credit.

If A Court Date Is Missed After Release

A bond written at Intake Release Center (IRC) stays live through every appearance until the case resolves. A missed date can mean a forfeited bond and a bench warrant the same day, with a limited statutory window to bring the defendant back before the forfeiture becomes a judgment against the cosigner. Failure to appear bail bonds →

Nearby Courthouse

From this building, court is often a corridor rather than a drive. Department CJ1 sits inside the same complex, and the underlying case is heard at whichever justice center the arresting city is designated to.

Department CJ1 — Men's Jail Arraignment Court

550 N Flower St, Santa Ana, CA 92703

The arraignment court inside this complex. Defendants held here are frequently arraigned in the jail building rather than transported anywhere, which is why a family can be told there is a court date with no courthouse address attached to it.

Central Justice Center

700 Civic Center Dr W, Santa Ana, CA 92701

Four blocks away in the same civic center. The designated criminal and traffic court for Santa Ana, Orange, and Tustin arrests, and the county's largest criminal calendar.

North Justice Center

1275 N Berkeley Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832

Roughly fifteen miles north. Anyone transferred here from an Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia, or Yorba Linda arrest is transported back up to Fullerton for court.

West Justice Center

8141 13th St, Westminster, CA 92683

West county's criminal court, covering Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, and Westminster arrests that end up in custody here.

Harbor Justice Center

4601 Jamboree Rd, Newport Beach, CA 92660

South county's criminal court. Musick-housed defendants and south-county arrests processed through this intake center are calendared here.

Which Cities Route Here

This building receives from the whole county. The facilities and cities below are the ones most directly tied to an intake or release at Flower Street.

OC Central Men's & Women's Jail

550 N Flower St, Santa Ana, CA 92703 · (714) 647-4666

The housing side of this same complex — same address, different function. Classification decides whether a booking stays here after intake.

Theo Lacy Facility

501 The City Dr S, Orange, CA 92868 · (714) 935-6940

The county's large male housing facility in Orange, the common onward destination for north and central county holds.

James A. Musick Facility

13502 Musick, Irvine, CA 92618 · (949) 249-5059

The south-county facility in Irvine, the onward destination for many lower-custody classifications.

Santa Ana City Jail

62 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 · (714) 245-8665

The city jail half a mile away in the same civic center — a different agency and a different records desk. The single most common mix-up in Orange County.

Anaheim Detention Facility

425 S Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92805 · (714) 765-1988

The county's largest municipal jail, and one of the most frequent origins of a transfer into this building.

Santa Ana Bail Bonds

Santa Ana, CA

The host city — county custody, city custody, and the county's main criminal court all sit within a few blocks.

Anaheim Bail Bonds

Anaheim, CA

The county's largest city and a steady source of transfers into Flower Street.

Orange Bail Bonds

Orange, CA

Neighboring city and home of Theo Lacy, the most common onward housing destination from here.

Irvine Bail Bonds

Irvine, CA

South county's largest city and home of the Musick facility, the other onward housing destination.

Bail FAQs

Questions specific to Intake Release Center (IRC) — intake, custody movement, and how release timing actually works here.