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Palo Alto Police Department Jail bail bonds
Someone you love was arrested by the Palo Alto Police Department? Adults are booked at the Main Jail on Hedding Street in San Jose. We post their bail there, 24 hours a day.
We can post bail at the Palo Alto Police Department now
Palo Alto Police books adults at the Main Jail in San Jose. We post the bond there, 24 hours a day.
Have this ready when you call
- Their full name, as it would be on their ID
- Their date of birth
- Booking number (if you have it — we can find it)
- The bail amount (if you know it — we’ll confirm it)
Jail details
- Address: 250 Sherman Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306
- Run by: Palo Alto Police Department
- Bail bonds accepted: At the Main Jail, 24 hours a day
- Court: Palo Alto Courthouse, 270 Grant Ave., Palo Alto
University Avenue at Waverley Street in downtown Palo Alto. This is the city the Palo Alto Police Department serves. Photo: Brian Sterling, CC BY-SA 2.0. Credits
We call the jail for you
You don’t need to track down the jail’s phone line or wait on hold. Tell us who was arrested and we handle the calls, confirm the bail amount and post the bond.
Our Santa Clara County office answers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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About the Palo Alto Police Department
The Palo Alto Police Department moved in September 2025 into the city’s new Public Safety Building at 250 Sherman Avenue, near California Avenue. The three-story building also houses the 911 dispatch center and the city’s emergency operations center; the old station on Forest Avenue is no longer the police headquarters.
The new building is a short walk from the Palo Alto Courthouse on Grant Avenue, which hears Palo Alto cases. Booking is a different story: adults are driven about 14 miles to the Main Jail in San Jose, the longest booking trip of any North County department.
What happens after an arrest in Palo Alto
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Booking
People arrested by the Palo Alto Police Department who are not cited and released are taken to the Main Jail on Hedding Street in San Jose for booking.
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We post the bond
We post the bail bond at the Main Jail, 24 hours a day.
In between, you call us and a co-signer signs the bail paperwork. Paying the full bail yourself or using a bail bond? See how bail works →
Palo Alto Police arrest questions
Where is the Palo Alto police station now?
At the Public Safety Building, 250 Sherman Ave., which the department began moving into on September 2, 2025. You don’t need to go there; we call the jail and post the bond.
Does Palo Alto have its own jail?
No. Palo Alto police book adults at the Main Jail in San Jose, about 14 miles away. The case is then heard at the Palo Alto Courthouse, just around the corner from the police building.
We can post bail for an arrest in Palo Alto now
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Information on this page was checked against official Palo Alto Police Department, County of Santa Clara, Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury and Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara sources and our agents’ experience on October 31, 2026. Fastrak Bail Bonds is a private bail bond agency and is not affiliated with the Palo Alto Police Department.