260 N Spring St · Blythe
Blythe Jail
Bail Bonds Guide
The Blythe Jail serves Riverside County's isolated eastern desert, hours from every other county facility. How custody works out here, and how a bond posts — any hour.
Call (213) 295-7796
Blythe Jail
260 N Spring St, Blythe, CA 92225
(760) 921-5780
Bail bonds posted here 24 hours a day, every day of the year — including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Call (213) 295-7796
Table Of Contents
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Facility Overview
Hours & Visiting
Our Reviews
Charges We Handle
Booking & Custody Process
How To Post Bail Here
Nearby Courthouse
Which Cities Route Here
Bail FAQs
Facility Overview
The Blythe Jail is at 260 N Spring Street in Blythe, in the far-eastern corner of Riverside County near the Colorado River and the Arizona state line. It is operated by the Riverside County Sheriff's Office and is the only county custody facility for hundreds of square miles.
Distance is the whole story here. Blythe is roughly 230 miles from downtown Riverside on Interstate 10 — a drive of about four hours in good conditions, and closer to Phoenix than to its own county seat. Advice that works in Corona or Murrieta does not automatically travel this far east.
It is also a smaller facility than the county's four detention centers, which changes what happens over time. Short holds resolve locally. Longer holds tend to move west toward larger facilities, and once that transfer runs, the release address is most of a day's driving away from the family waiting in Blythe.
Nothing is adjudicated inside the jail. Cases go to the Blythe Courthouse a few blocks away, and a bond is written at the facility rather than at any court counter.
Official facility information: Riverside County Sheriff's Office
At A Glance
- Blythe Jail
- 260 N Spring St, Blythe, CA 92225
- (760) 921-5780
- Riverside County Sheriff's Office
- Bail bonds accepted 24 hours a day, weekends and holidays included
Hours & Visiting
Visiting runs on a scheduled, restricted calendar. Bail posting at Blythe Jail does not — a bond can be accepted at any hour of any day.
| Bail bonds accepted | 24 hours a day, 7 days a week |
|---|---|
| Facility phone | (760) 921-5780 |
| Nearest courthouse | Blythe Courthouse, a few blocks away — limited operating days |
| Typical release processing | Hours after a bond is accepted |
| Midnight Bail Bonds | Open 24 hours, every day |
Confirm the current location before driving. On the eastern desert corridor a wrong assumption costs eight hours round trip, not thirty minutes.
The courthouse's limited calendar is the reason posting matters here. Waiting for a court day in Blythe is a genuinely longer wait than waiting for one in Riverside.
Visiting is scheduled through the Sheriff's Office. Bail posting has no schedule and is accepted overnight.
We work this corridor by phone and wire. Nobody needs to drive to Blythe to sign paperwork with us.
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 bonds for on defendants held at Blythe Jail. 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 an eastern desert arrest becomes a Blythe custody record.
Arrest On The Eastern Corridor
Blythe Police, Sheriff's deputies, CHP on the I-10, and Border Patrol referrals all generate arrests out here. Many charges resolve with a field citation under the 2025 schedule.
Booking At Spring Street
Bookings that proceed are processed locally rather than driven west. This is the only county facility within a practical distance.
Bail Set Under The County Schedule
The county-wide schedule applies. Scheduled charges carry a postable amount; Cite and Release and Book and Release charges carry none; Pre-Arraignment Review is its own track.
Local Court Or Wait
The Blythe Courthouse handles local matters on limited days. A case that misses a court day waits for the next one, which is longer here than almost anywhere else in California.
Possible Transfer West
Longer holds move toward the county's larger detention centers. This is the single most important status change to track on an eastern desert case.
Release
After the bond is accepted, the facility runs its discharge queue. Plan the pickup carefully — services and lodging in Blythe are limited overnight.
How To Post Bail At Blythe Jail
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 Riverside County Felony and Misdemeanor Bail Schedule (effective October 20, 2025), and review or reduction runs under Penal Code §1270.1.
On a scheduled charge, bail is set at booking, so a bond can post at Blythe overnight without waiting for the courthouse's next operating day.
That is a bigger deal here than in the western county. Where a Riverside defendant might wait until tomorrow morning, a Blythe defendant can be waiting on a courthouse calendar that does not sit every weekday.
Arraignment remains the first judicial review of the amount — the judge can keep, raise, or reduce it, or grant own-recognizance release, and bail can be revisited later in the case.
Give us a full legal name and date of birth. We confirm whether custody is still in Blythe or already moving west, verify the amount, and post at any hour. 10% premium, 1% down on approved credit.
2025 Release Categories
If A Court Date Is Missed After Release
A bond written at Blythe Jail 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 the jail's side, the useful fact is walking distance — and the limited court calendar that sits behind it.
Blythe Courthouse
265 N Broadway, Blythe, CA 92225
A few blocks from this facility in the same small downtown. It operates on limited days rather than a full weekday calendar, so the gap between booking and a court appearance can be longer here than elsewhere in the county.
View PageLarson Justice Center
46-200 Oasis St, Indio, CA 92201
The nearest full criminal calendar to the west, roughly a hundred miles down the I-10. Relevant when an eastern desert case moves out of Blythe.
View PageRiverside Hall of Justice
4100 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
The county's downtown criminal courthouse, about four hours away. Named here so nobody assumes a Blythe case simply defaults to the county seat.
View PageWhich Cities Route Here
One city page points here, and it is the same isolation framing: Blythe stands alone on the eastern edge of the county.
Blythe Bail Bonds
Blythe, CA
This facility's home city — the eastern desert page, with the same distance and limited-calendar realities described here.
View PageJohn J. Benoit Detention Center
82675 State Hwy 111, Indio, CA 92201 · (760) 863-8252
The nearest larger county facility to the west, in Indio — a common destination when a Blythe hold gets longer.
View PageRobert Presley Detention Center
4000 Orange St, Riverside, CA 92501 · (951) 955-4500
The county's central booking facility in Riverside, roughly four hours west.
View PageRiverside County Hub
All 28 incorporated cities, five county facilities, and 15 courthouses
County-wide coverage, the 2025 release categories, and the facility that matches every other city in Riverside County.
View PageBail FAQs
Questions specific to Blythe Jail — intake, custody movement, and how release timing actually works here.