Search Modoc County Released Inmates

Modoc County Released Inmates

A released Modoc County inmate is no longer held in the local jail for that booking. That simple point matters because many people search the wrong system first. A current-custody roster, if available, is built to show people still held. Once the person leaves, confirmation usually comes from the release entry held by the Modoc County Sheriff's Office, the court case that ordered or explains the release, California VINE if the custody feed updated, or a later state, federal, or supervision record.

The local release can mean bail, signed promise to appear, time served, court order, probation, sentence completion, dismissal, transfer to CDCR, federal transfer, or an immigration custody event. A transfer is not the same as a street release. If the jail releases a person to CDCR, BOP, ICE, another county, or another agency, the next lookup follows that agency. The release record should be read with the court case and the holding authority, not as a stand-alone outcome.

Modoc County Release Types

Release type tells the reader where to verify the next step. In Modoc County, public booking examples show plain language such as "booked and released on signed promise to appear" and "Court/DA booking and release." Those phrases are useful leads, but they are not the same as a complete jail release record. The better practice is to match the phrase to the sheriff record, then review the Modoc Superior Court case for the order, hearing, sentence, or future date.

Note: A release entry can close one custody event while another agency still controls the person.

Modoc County Release Records

The Modoc County release record is the local jail record that connects a booking to the way custody ended. It may be the only direct source for the exact release date, release time, release type, and holding authority when no public recent-release feed exists. The court case may explain the legal reason, but the jail record is the custody record. A narrow request helps the Sheriff's Office identify the right booking and avoid records that are sealed, juvenile, medical, security-sensitive, or tied to an active investigation.

Get Modoc County Release Records

For a Modoc County jail release, start with the Sheriff's Office because it operates the local jail and holds booking and release data. The public sheriff page lists the jail at 102 South Court Street in Alturas, phone 530-233-4416, with business hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. If an online records form is not available, call first and ask where to send a written California Public Records Act request for jail booking and release records.

1. Identify the person by full name, date of birth if known, booking date, arrest date, and any Modoc Superior Court case number.
2. Ask for the releasable booking and release record, including booking time, release time, release reason, arresting agency, charges or hold, and any releasable booking photo.
3. State that medical, juvenile, sealed, victim, confidential, and active-investigation material is not being requested.
4. Use the court portal to match any release order, sentencing minute, warrant recall, or future hearing if the jail record does not explain the reason.
5. For a CDCR release or discharge record, use CDCR records channels and the Identification Unit rather than the county jail.

California Release Record Law

California's Public Records Act controls many local jail record requests. Government Code section 7922.530 states the general rule that nonexempt, reasonably described public records must be made promptly available upon payment of direct duplication costs or a statutory fee. That rule supports narrow Modoc County requests for booking and release records, but it does not override every limit.

Common limits include juvenile confidentiality, sealed court records, protective orders, victim and witness information, medical and mental-health records, jail security details, and active-investigation material. Expungement, dismissal, sealing, or factual-innocence relief can also change what the public sees in court and agency systems. If the record looks wrong, the practical route is to contact the agency that created it: the Sheriff's Office for jail release data, the court for case data, CDCR for state-prison release data, or BOP/ICE for federal and immigration records.

Find Released Modoc Inmates

A Modoc County released inmate search works best as a sequence. Start with the agency most likely to hold the current custody fact, then move to the longer-lived records. The sheriff channel confirms local jail custody and release. The court channel explains why the release occurred. California VINE may show a custody-status change and can send notices. CDCR, BOP, and ICE only apply when the person moved into those separate systems.

1. Call the Modoc County Jail or ask the Sheriff's Office about the booking and release record for the local custody event.
2. Search the Modoc Superior Court Public Case Portal for case status, recent filings, hearing dates, and parties.
3. Use California VINE for a one-person custody-status check or release notification.
4. Use CDCR CIRIS only if the person was sentenced or transferred to state prison.
5. Use BOP or ICE ODLS only for federal or immigration custody events.

For a broader same-day lead, use the Released Last 24 Hours page. For timing questions after sentencing, the Inmate Release Date page separates county jail credits from CDCR release-date terms.

Modoc Court Release Trail

The court trail is unusually important in Modoc because no official rolling 24-hour or 72-hour release feed was found in the reviewed sheriff sources. The Modoc Superior Court says its public portal shows basic case information, recent filings, hearing schedules, and parties. Document access can be requested by calling 530-233-6516. That makes the court case the durable place to check for release orders, future hearings, bail or own-recognizance entries, disposition, sentencing minutes, probation orders, warrant recalls, and later compliance events.

The court does not replace the jail release record. It explains the legal event tied to custody. A person can leave jail on a promise to appear while the case remains open. Another person can be released from local custody because a state-prison transfer occurred. Search by name or case number, then request the exact minute order, disposition, sentencing document, or release order if the portal does not show the document.

CDCR Search for Releases

CDCR is the state-prison path, not the routine Modoc jail release archive. A Modoc County defendant enters the CDCR path after a state-prison sentence or transfer. The CA.gov CIRIS service page describes public CIRIS results as including name, CDCR number, age, current location, commitment counties, admission date, and Board of Parole Hearing dates and outcomes for people currently in CDCR custody. CDCR's Identification Unit at 916-445-6713 is the support channel when a search does not locate the person or a state release date needs verification.

The CDCR search should not be used to rule out a Modoc jail release for a person who was never sentenced to prison.

The CDCR CIRIS search page is the official state-prison lookup source for California. The screenshot below shows the state search context that applies only after a Modoc case enters CDCR custody.

CIRIS is most useful when a county case has become a state-prison case. For a local jail-only release, the Sheriff's Office and court remain the core sources.

Modoc Recent Release Leads

Modoc County did not surface a dedicated official online page for a 24-hour or 72-hour jail release list. The reviewed public pattern is different: sheriff social posts and Modoc Record booking reports may describe booking activity, jail counts, arresting agencies, and phrases such as "booked and released." Those items can help identify a lead, but they do not provide a guaranteed rolling window, search filter, booking number, full release time, or complete release reason.

Because the public web feed is weak, treat social and news items as leads. Confirm with the jail, the court portal, VINE, or a written release-record request. Do not assume a person remains in custody because an old post lists a booking. Do not assume a person is free because a post says release occurred if the wording could mean transfer to another agency.

Modoc Release Handoffs

The SB 844 proposal gives local context for release planning. It discusses program and reentry-related spaces and efforts such as Life Skills, Nurturing Parenting, Behavioral Health assessments, Medi-Cal coverage coordination near release, and connection to classes or services after release. That material should be read as agency handoff context, not as a promise that a specific person will receive a specific service.

For a released Modoc County inmate, the practical handoff can involve the court, probation, behavioral health, CDCR parole, or another agency. A court order may create probation terms. A CDCR release may create parole. A county jail release may require a future court date. The release record tells when the jail event ended; the court or supervision agency explains what obligations continue.

VINE and Federal Releases

California VINE / VINELink is a custody-status and notification layer. Use it to check a named person and set alerts for release, transfer, escape, return, or another custody change when the relevant agency feed is available. It is not the master jail archive. If VINE does not show a person, that absence is not proof that the person was never booked, is still held, or has been released. The next step is direct jail contact or the court portal.

Federal and immigration systems are separate. BOP covers federal inmates and records for federal releases after 1982. A past BOP release date with no facility means the person is no longer in BOP custody, though another system can still matter. ICE ODLS applies when a person is in ICE custody or within the locator's recent-custody scope. Modoc County Jail was not identified as an ICE detention center in the facility map; immigration custody is a possible transfer path, not a county release list.

Released or Still Held

The same name can appear in more than one system, so the status must be tied to the right custody type. A live jail source answers whether the person is held now in local custody. A release record answers how and when a local custody event ended. A court case answers the case status. CDCR, BOP, ICE, and supervision sources answer later or separate custody branches.

Modoc County Facility Paths

The facility map includes the physical jail, a planned replacement facility, and several record systems that a released person may pass through or appear in after local custody. Use the facility name to choose the right release path. A county jail page uses sheriff records. A court page uses case records. A CDCR page uses state records. Federal and ICE pages apply only when those custody systems are involved.

• Modoc County Jail - local booking, custody, release record, VINE, court follow-up, or transfer record.
• Proposed Modoc County Adult Rehabilitation Facility - replacement-facility history and future-capacity context, not the active release-search site in this research.
• Modoc Superior Court - case portal, filings, hearing dates, disposition, release orders, and document access.
• California CDCR CIRIS - state-prison search and CDCR release-date context.
• California DAPO Northern Region - parole supervision for released state-prison inmates living in Modoc.
• Modoc County Probation - local probation, mandatory supervision, and court-ordered release conditions.
• California VINE / VINELink - custody-status checks and release notifications.
• Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator - federal release dates and BOP status.
• ICE Online Detainee Locator System - immigration custody checks when an ICE event exists.
• California Megan's Law Website - public registry path for qualifying registrants, not a general release list.