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Someone you love was arrested in Palo Alto? We can post their bail right now. Call and we’ll find where they’re held and what the bail is.
We can post bail for Palo Alto now
We find where your loved one is held and post the bond there. 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)
Arrested in Palo Alto?
- Police: Palo Alto Police Department
- Police department: 250 Sherman Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306
- Where they’re held: The Santa Clara County Main Jail, 150 W. Hedding St., San Jose
- Where bail is posted: 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. Photo: Brian Sterling, CC BY-SA 2.0. Credits
Bail bonds in Palo Alto
Palo Alto, at the north end of the county, has its own police department in a new Public Safety Building on Sherman Avenue and its own criminal courthouse on Grant Avenue. Adults are still booked at the Main Jail in San Jose.
We call the Main Jail in San Jose for you, confirm the bail amount and post the bond. Our Santa Clara County office answers 24 hours a day.
Santa Clara County bail schedule
Posting bail for a Palo Alto arrest
Palo Alto has the courthouse but not the jail. The Palo Alto Courthouse on Grant Avenue hears North County cases, and the police department moved in 2025 into a new Public Safety Building around the corner on Sherman Avenue.
Adults arrested in Palo Alto are booked about 15 miles away at the Main Jail in San Jose, and that is where we post the bond. The Stanford campus next door is unincorporated county land with its own Stanford Department of Public Safety, whose officers are deputized by the Santa Clara County Sheriff.
The Public Safety Building is a three-story building over a basement, next to the California Avenue parking garage, and also holds the city’s 911 center. None of that changes where bail is posted: for an adult arrest it is always the Main Jail in San Jose.
What happens after an arrest in Palo Alto
1
Booking
The Palo Alto Police Department takes the person to the Main Jail on Hedding Street in San Jose for booking.
2
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 bail questions
Is there a jail in Palo Alto?
No county jail. Palo Alto police book adults at the Main Jail in San Jose, about 15 miles away, where bail is posted 24 hours a day.
Is an arrest on the Stanford campus a Palo Alto police case?
Usually not. Stanford’s main campus is unincorporated county land patrolled by the Stanford Department of Public Safety, whose officers are deputized by the Sheriff’s Office. Call us and we find where the person was taken.
Which court hears Palo Alto cases?
The Palo Alto Courthouse, 270 Grant Ave., near California Avenue.
We can post bail for Palo Alto now
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Information on this page was checked against official city, Palo Alto Police Department, 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 or any law enforcement agency.