Visalia and Tulare County bail bonds.
If someone you know was arrested in Visalia or anywhere else in Tulare County, here's how to find which jail they're in, which courthouse has the case, and how the bond gets posted. Kings County Bail Bonds writes bail bonds on Tulare County cases. We handle these bonds from our Hanford office, or we can come to you. In many cases we can process the paperwork over the phone and online.
Find the jail first.
Tulare County holds people in more than one building, so the first job is finding out which one. Start with the Sheriff's inmate search, by last name. The list has a middle-name column, which helps when the surname is a common one.
Tulare County inmate search
Run by the Tulare County Sheriff's Office.
Open the record and look for the line called Facility. That's the building, in the county's own words. The same record shows a Bond Amount, which is the bail itself, not the cost of a bond. That figure comes from the court's bail schedule or from a judge; the schedule is on the court's Forms and Filing page. A court date of 01/01/0001 is the county's placeholder for a date that hasn't been set.
These are the jail facilities the Sheriff's Office lists, with the address and phone number from its own contact page.
We're happy to call the jail and get the information for you. If you'd rather we make the call, phone us at (559) 584-3615.
Some of the Sheriff's other pages use building names that aren't on that list, so go by the Facility line on the record. A recent booking may not show in the search right away, and an empty result doesn't by itself mean the person has been released.
For custody status by phone, the Sheriff's Office points to VINE, a free state service: (877) 411-5588. The Sheriff's VINE page has the details.
Which courthouse has the case.
Tulare County Superior Court sits in five places. The court paperwork names the courthouse; if you don't have it, an agent can help work it out. The court's own page has the hours, so check them before anyone drives anywhere.
Pretrial Facility
36650 Road 112
Visalia, CA 93291
Closed to the public. Hearings are held remotely. The court spells it Pretrial; it's the same address as the Pre-Trial jail.
Court locations and hours, from Tulare County Superior Court.
How a bond gets posted on a Tulare County case.
- Call us with a name. The full name of the person in custody, spelled the way the jail would have it, and the Facility line from the record if you have it. A booking number helps, but most people don't have one.
- We check the bail. The agent checks the bail amount the court has set, then walks you through the process and lets you know what the bond(s) would cost before you commit to anything. See the cost example and payment information.
- You decide. Nothing happens until you say so. If you would like to move forward, we can handle the paperwork in our Hanford office, or in many cases we can process the paperwork over the phone and online. What a co-signer agrees to.
- If the bond is approved, we post it. We will then post the bond(s) at the jail or file it with the court as necessary. You don't need to go stand in line or work out who to hand it to.
Can bail be posted on a warrant?
In many cases, bail can be posted at the court on a warrant. The court can then recall the warrant and set a court date. Whether that route is available depends on the warrant and the court's requirements.
Contact a licensed agent to check whether a bond can be posted and what the next steps would be. The court decides whether to recall the warrant; posting a bond does not guarantee that result.
Where we work from.
Our office is at 718 North 11th Avenue, Suite A, in Hanford. There's no Visalia office and no separate Visalia phone line; the Hanford number reaches a licensed agent 24/7.
The Sheriff's Office offers video visits, scheduled through the county, not through us. The Sheriff's video visitation page has the details.
Before you hand money to a bail agent you've never met, check the agent's license with the California Department of Insurance. The license number at the foot of this page is all it takes to look us up.
Kings County Bail Bonds is a private bail agency. We are not part of the Tulare County Sheriff's Office, its jails or the courts, and the county's own pages are the authority on their hours, visiting rules and procedures.
Call the Hanford office.
Kings County Bail Bonds has written bail in Hanford for over 40 years. Open 24/7, and a licensed agent answers.
How bail bonds work sets out the whole process, and the FAQ covers the questions people ask first. If the person is held in Hanford instead, see the Kings County Jail guide.