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Santa Clara County Main Jail bail bonds
Someone you love is held at the Santa Clara County Main Jail? We can post their bail right now, 24 hours a day.
We can post bail at the Main Jail now
The Santa Clara County jail 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: 150 W. Hedding St., San Jose, CA 95110
- Run by: Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
- About: The only booking jail in the county, beside the Hall of Justice. Main Jail North opened in 1989
- Bail bonds accepted: Yes, 24 hours a day
- Court: The courthouse for the city where the arrest happened: the Hall of Justice in San Jose, the Palo Alto Courthouse or the Morgan Hill Courthouse
The Santa Clara County Main Jail on Hedding Street in San Jose. Photo: Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 4.0. 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.
Santa Clara County bail schedule
About the Main Jail in San Jose
The Main Jail stands at 150 W. Hedding Street, on the north edge of downtown San Jose, with the Hall of Justice criminal courthouse right next door. The tower in use today is Main Jail North, which opened in 1989. Its 1956 neighbor, Main Jail South, has been demolished, and the county is still deciding how to replace it.
This is where Santa Clara County books people: the county counts about 48,000 bookings a year, which makes its jail system the fifth largest in California. City departments from Palo Alto to Gilroy may hold someone in station cells for a few hours, but the booking, the bail amount and the bond all happen here.
Because the jail and the Hall of Justice share the block, people arrested in San Jose, Santa Clara, Campbell, Milpitas, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and Saratoga usually have their first court date a few steps from where they were booked.
What happens at the Main Jail
1
Booking
Every adult arrested in Santa Clara County, by city police or Sheriff’s deputies, is booked here. People who are not cited and released are driven in from as far as Palo Alto and Gilroy.
2
We post the bond
We post the bail bond with the Santa Clara County 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 →
Main Jail questions
Is the Main Jail the same as Main Jail North?
Yes, today it is. The Main Jail complex used to have two buildings, North and South. Main Jail South, built in 1956, has been torn down, so the jail at 150 W. Hedding St. is the 1989 Main Jail North tower.
Why do Palo Alto and Gilroy arrests end up in San Jose?
Because the Main Jail is the only place in the county that books adults. City police can hold someone in a station cell for a short time, but the person is then driven to Hedding Street, about 14 miles from Palo Alto and 30 from Gilroy.
Is the courthouse next to the Main Jail?
Yes. The Hall of Justice at 190 W. Hedding St. is next door. It hears felony and misdemeanor cases from San Jose, Santa Clara, Campbell, Milpitas, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and Saratoga.
We can post bail at the Main Jail now
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Information on this page was checked against official 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 Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.