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Someone you love is held at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail? We can post their bail right now, 24 hours a day.
We can post bail at the Main Jail now
The Main Jail on Calle Real accepts bail bonds 24 hours a day. Call and we start right away.
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: 4436 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
- Run by: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
- About: The Sheriff’s South County jail, on the same campus as Sheriff’s Headquarters. Houses men and women before trial and after sentencing
- Bail bonds accepted: Yes, 24 hours a day
- Court: Figueroa courthouse, 118 E. Figueroa St., Santa Barbara
Stearns Wharf and the beach in Santa Barbara. The Main Jail is on Calle Real, about 4 miles north-west of downtown Santa Barbara. Photo: brewbooks, 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 Barbara County office answers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Santa Barbara County bail schedule
About the Main Jail
The Main Jail sits on the county’s jail campus on Calle Real, between Santa Barbara and Goleta, next door to Sheriff’s Headquarters. It is the booking jail for South County and holds men and women, both people waiting for trial and people serving county sentences.
The campus once had a second building, the Medium Security Facility or "Honor Farm," with room for about 200 people. The Grand Jury reports that it has been closed and is no longer used. The Custody Records and Booking unit, which keeps booking records for the whole county, and the Sheriff’s inmate transport unit also work out of this division.
On court days, people held here are driven to a holding area in the basement of the Figueroa courthouse downtown and brought back the same day. Nobody stays overnight at the courthouse.
What happens after booking at the Main Jail
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Booking
Arrests from Santa Barbara, Goleta, Isla Vista, Montecito and Carpinteria are booked here. The Sheriff’s Office says bail is calculated and a court date is set during booking.
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We post the bond
We post the bail bond at the Main Jail, 24 hours a day. Release often takes 6 to 8 hours after that.
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 →
Main Jail questions
Can you post bail at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail?
Yes. Bail bonds are accepted at the Main Jail 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for anyone held there. Release often takes 6 to 8 hours after the bond is posted.
Where is the Main Jail?
The Main Jail is at 4436 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93110, next to Sheriff’s Headquarters at 4434 Calle Real. The Figueroa courthouse downtown, where South County cases are heard, is about 4 miles away.
Who is held at the Main Jail?
Men and women arrested in South County: Santa Barbara, Goleta, Isla Vista, Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria. When the women’s unit at the Northern Branch Jail is full, some women from North County are moved here too.
When can property be picked up at the Main Jail?
The Sheriff lists property pick-up at the inmate reception center building on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m.
Is the Main Jail closing?
Not now. The 2025-26 Civil Grand Jury recommended a plan to close the Main Jail and move people north, but that is a recommendation only. The jail is open and accepting bail bonds.
We can post bail at the Main Jail now
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Information on this page was checked against official Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, Santa Barbara County Civil Grand Jury and Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara sources and our agents’ experience on October 12, 2026. Fastrak Bail Bonds is a private bail bond agency and is not affiliated with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.