No Alpine Jail Roster Exists
The official Alpine County path begins with a simple fact: Alpine County has no jail facilities. The Alpine County Sheriff's Office states that jail services are contracted to El Dorado County and Calaveras County, and the Alpine Superior Court criminal page gives the same custody direction. That means there is no locally operated Alpine County Jail, no local rated jail capacity, and no Alpine-only inmate roster to refresh.
For a recent arrest, call the Alpine County Sheriff's Office at (530) 694-2231 first if the housing location is unknown. The Sheriff's Office is the local arresting agency and can route questions about an Alpine arrest, a booking appointment, or an arresting-agency record. If the person has already been transported to a contract jail, search El Dorado County Citizen RIMS, Calaveras County Citizen RIMS, or call the relevant jail directly.
The Alpine Sheriff's page is the official source for the no-jail contract structure.
That no-jail notice is why an Alpine County inmate records search has to follow the agency chain rather than assuming a single county jail database.
How to Find Someone in Alpine Custody
Use this order when the question is, "how do I find someone in the Alpine jail?" There is no Alpine jail to search, so the goal is to confirm the housing agency and then read the correct custody record.
- Call Alpine County Sheriff at (530) 694-2231 if the arrest is fresh, the arrest happened in Alpine County, or the destination facility is unknown.
- Search El Dorado County Citizen RIMS, especially for people housed at South Lake Tahoe Jail or Placerville Jail.
- Search Calaveras Citizen RIMS and call Calaveras Jail at (209) 754-6499 when the incident involved the Bear Valley or west slope side, or when Alpine staff says Calaveras was used.
- Use Alpine Superior Court records if the question is about filed charges, case status, court minutes, a complaint, or disposition rather than current custody.
- Use CDCR CIRIS for sentenced state prisoners, BOP for federal sentenced custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
- Register with VINELink for custody-status notifications where the participating jail system supports VINE.
The El Dorado County Citizen RIMS incarcerated people portal is the public roster system linked through the El Dorado County Sheriff's custody materials.
If an Alpine arrestee was booked into South Lake Tahoe or Placerville, this is the roster most likely to show the booking record when it is publicly displayable.
Contract Roster Search Fields
El Dorado and Calaveras use Citizen RIMS style public portals. The interface is JavaScript-rendered, and the public view is designed around date and name filters plus sortable booking columns. The raw API is not a public unauthenticated records source, so the practical public method is the roster interface itself.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start Date | Date picker | No | Filters booking or incarceration records from a chosen date. |
| End Date | Date picker | No | Limits the results through a chosen end date. |
| First Name | Text | No | Useful for narrowing common surnames. |
| Last Name | Text | No | The most useful name field for a roster search. |
| Show Options / Hide Options | Icon control | No | Expands or collapses filters, especially on smaller screens. |
| Booking Number | Table sort | No | Sorts booking identifiers when the column is displayed. |
| Booking Date | Table sort | No | Sorts newer or older booking entries. |
| Arresting Agency / Location | Table sort | No | Important for Alpine cases because the arresting agency may differ from the housing jail. |
| Total Bail / Status | Table sort | No | Helps compare displayed bail and custody-status rows. |
What a Roster Record Shows
Citizen RIMS records are booking-based. They do not replace a court file, a statewide criminal-history record, or a prison locator. A public roster entry may show basic booking facts, charge rows, bail fields, and a photo when the agency enables those fields and the record qualifies for display.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking ID | The jail booking number used to identify the custody record. |
| Full Name | The public roster name when the agency's name-display setting is enabled. |
| Booking Date and Time | When the jail booking was entered into the roster system. |
| Arresting Agency Code | The agency tied to the arrest or booking. For an Alpine case, this may help separate an Alpine arrest from a local El Dorado or Calaveras arrest. |
| Arrest Location | Location text associated with the arrest or charge. |
| Total Bail | Booking-level bail amount when displayed by the portal. |
| Status | Custody or booking status as published in the contractor roster. |
| Photo | Booking photo if the contractor agency publishes photos and one is present for the record. |
| Demographics | Date of birth, age, sex, race, height, weight, hair, eyes, build, or complexion if enabled. |
| Charges | Charge rows can include count, code, description, level, arresting agency, arrest date, arrest location, and bail amount. |
Housing unit and court date were not located in the public Citizen RIMS field inventory reviewed for these contractor systems. Confirm actual housing, release eligibility, and court-transport questions with the jail or court before traveling.
County, State, Federal, and ICE Searches
A contractor jail roster is for local custody. It is the right starting point for pretrial detainees, short local sentences, and recent bookings housed by El Dorado or Calaveras. It is not the right tool for someone already received into state prison, federal prison, or immigration detention.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Recent Alpine arrest or local pretrial custody | Alpine Sheriff, then El Dorado or Calaveras roster | Housing location, booking details, bail/status when published. |
| Filed Alpine court case | Alpine Superior Court records request | Complaint, pleas, disposition, register of actions, minute orders, and court copies. |
| Sentenced California state prison | CDCR CIRIS | Name, CDCR number, age, current location, commitment counties, admission date, and parole-hearing fields. |
| Federal sentenced custody | Federal BOP inmate locator | Federal custody or release records from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | ICE detainee searches by A-number or biographical information, with limits for minors. |
| Custody-change notification | VINELink | Notification by participating systems. El Dorado lists California VINE at (877) 411-5588, and Calaveras advertises VINELink notifications. |
The CDCR CIRIS locator is the statewide California prison search, not a jail roster.
Use CIRIS after a person has moved from local jail custody into California state prison custody.
Contract Facilities Serving Alpine Arrests
Alpine County records may connect to several outside custody locations. South Lake Tahoe Jail is the primary named facility in the Alpine court custody FAQ. Placerville Jail is part of the El Dorado custody system and appears in historical Alpine custody material. Calaveras County Adult Detention Facility is relevant because Alpine official sources say jail services are also contracted to Calaveras County, especially for practical west slope and Bear Valley routing.
South Lake Tahoe Jail
1051 Al Tahoe Blvd
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
(530) 573-3031
Capacity listed by El Dorado: 158 inmates.
Placerville Jail
300 Forni Road
Placerville, CA 95667
(530) 621-6000 for evening visiting confirmation
Capacity listed by El Dorado: 303 inmates plus 8 outpatient medical beds.
Calaveras County Adult Detention Facility
1045 Jeff Tuttle Drive
San Andreas, CA 95249
(209) 754-6499
Calaveras Sheriff custody and central booking facility.
Booking and Intake Records
Alpine booking can happen in two ways. A custody arrest may lead to transport to a contract jail for fingerprints, photo, property inventory, screening, classification, and a booking record. A person who was cited or ordered to appear may instead receive a booking-appointment requirement before arraignment. Alpine Superior Court says booking appointments must be scheduled with the Sheriff's Office, walk-ins are not accepted, legal documents must be brought, fingerprints are taken, a criminal history search is run, and a booking fee is charged.
That split matters for search failures. A person may not appear in El Dorado or Calaveras Citizen RIMS if they were cited and released, have not completed a booking appointment, were released before the roster updated, are held under a confidential status, were transferred, or moved into CDCR, BOP, ICE, or another agency's custody.
Visitation, Mail, Phone, and Money Channels
Visiting and contact rules depend on the housing jail. El Dorado visiting is in person, first come, first served, requires proper identification, allows only one visitor at a time except a minor with a parent or guardian, bars personal property from the visiting area, and closes visiting on legal holidays. South Lake Tahoe evening visiting confirmation is (530) 573-3030, and Placerville evening visiting confirmation is (530) 621-6000.
| Facility / Channel | Official Rule to Confirm | Contact Detail |
|---|---|---|
| South Lake Tahoe Jail | In-person visiting schedule and holiday closures can change. | (530) 573-3031, evening confirmation (530) 573-3030. |
| Placerville Jail | El Dorado visiting rules apply, with facility-specific posted hours. | (530) 621-6000 for evening visiting confirmation. |
| El Dorado mail and messaging | Electronic messaging uses NCIC/CorrectPay/VendEngine; non-legal physical mail is scan-and-destroy through a processing address. | Messaging assistance: (855) 836-3364. |
| Calaveras visiting | Securus schedules most visits. New visitor or Sunday requests are due online by 2:00 p.m. the preceding Friday. | Jail phone: (209) 754-6499. |
| Calaveras money and phone | Deposits use SmartDeposit, Securus, or the lobby kiosk. Phone access is listed as Sunday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. | Securus account phone listed by research: 1-800-844-6591. |
Requesting Records Not Online
Route a records request by the office that created the record. Alpine Sheriff's Office handles Alpine arresting-agency records, booking appointments, incident reports, and local law-enforcement records. El Dorado or Calaveras handles custody records created after a person is booked into that contractor jail. Alpine Superior Court handles court records such as the complaint, pleas and disposition, register of actions, minute orders, and copies from the court file.
Alpine Superior Court does not provide an online case portal or a public access terminal at the courthouse. Court records are requested in person, by mail, or by fax, and the court does not process name search or copy requests submitted by email. Name searches generally require the person's full legal name, aliases, and date of birth, and the court searches back 10 years unless otherwise specified.
Confirm before acting: Current custody, release eligibility, visit approval, and money deposits should be verified with the housing jail because records can lag behind transfers, releases, holds, and court orders.