This is a private reference site, not a Sierra County, Nevada County, CDCR, court, or jail office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, provide an official booking packet, or change a government record. Use the agency contacts below for official release, custody, court, records, and supervision questions.
Official Contacts for Sierra County Release Questions
Use the contact that matches the record source. Sierra County is the local sheriff and court jurisdiction, while Nevada County Corrections is often the public jail-reporting path because Sierra County contracts with Nevada County for jail services.
Sierra County Sheriff-Coroner
100 Courthouse Sq., 1st Floor
P.O. Box 66
Downieville, CA 95936
Phone: 530-289-3700
Fax: 530-289-3318
Sheriff: Michael Fisher
Hours: Administrative Services are shown as Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Loyalton Substation: 61050 Hwy 49, Loyalton, CA 96118. Use the sheriff phone number above.
Sierra County Temporary Holding Facility
100 Courthouse Sq.
P.O. Box 66
Downieville, CA 95936
Phone: 530-289-3700
Fax: 530-289-3318
Emergency: 911
This facility is the local holding point, but Sierra County's official page says the county contracts with Nevada County for jail services.
Sierra County Sheriff Records
Records page: Sierra County Records Requests
Request form: Request for Records PDF
Fee: $40 per report plus $0.25 for each page after 20.
Timing: Allow at least 10 business days from the incident before requesting records. Active cases under investigation, District Attorney review, or court action may be referred away from sheriff release; adjudicated or no-filed closed cases may be available after fee and written request.
Sierra County Superior Court
Phone: 530-289-3698
Criminal phone hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Criminal division: Sierra Criminal Division
Records requests: Public records, media, and research requests
Court record requests need the full legal name and aliases, date of birth, case number if known, and years to search if the case number is unknown. The court states it will search back 10 years for criminal or civil records unless otherwise specified.
Nevada County Corrections
Wayne Brown Correctional Facility:
925 Maidu Ave.
Nevada City, CA 95959
Corrections phone: 530-265-1291
Sheriff main office: 950 Maidu Avenue, Suite 280, Nevada City, CA 95959, 530-265-1471
Current custody/visitation list
Jail Media Report
Release procedures
Nevada County states that the Sheriff's Office will not provide release dates to the public and directs people to VINE for custody-status updates.
Sierra County Probation
Downieville office:
100 Courthouse Square
Mailing: P.O. Box 67
Downieville, CA 95936
Phone: 530-289-3277
Fax: 530-289-2821
Loyalton office:
105 Beckwith Street
Mailing: P.O. Box 1017
Loyalton, CA 96118
Fax: 530-993-1922
CDCR and DAPO
CIRIS: California Incarcerated Records and Information Search
CDCR Identification Unit: 916-445-6713
DAPO Northern Region:
9838 Old Placerville Road
Sacramento, CA 95827
Phone: 279-223-3800
Auburn & Sierra GPS:
1915 Grass Valley Hwy., #500
Auburn, CA 95603
Auburn: 530-823-4188
Sierra GPS: 530-823-4193
BPH schedules: Board of Parole Hearings schedules
Where to Look First
These pages explain the common routes before you call an office or file a request.
- For a released inmate or a release record, start with the home page, which covers the Sierra County and Nevada County search path and records-request fallback.
- For local probation, CDCR parole, or post-prison supervision, use post-release supervision.
- For recent release report windows, use 24-hour releases or the broader 72-hour releases page.
- For date fields or alerts, compare the release date lookup with the VINE inmate check.
- For a specific jail, agency, court, VINE, BOP, ICE, probation, or parole source, use the facility and system links in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use CDCR CIRIS and the CDCR/DAPO contacts above.
- For a federal or immigration custody question, use the BOP or ICE locator links in the footer.