Bellflower sits in the middle of the Gateway cities, between Downey, Lakewood, Cerritos and Artesia. Around 77,000 people live here.

Who makes the arrest

This city contracts its law enforcement to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, policed from the Lakewood Station, 5130 Clark Avenue, Lakewood, CA 90712 — (562) 623-3500. The Sheriff lists that station as serving the City of Artesia, the City of Bellflower, the City of Hawaiian Gardens, the City of Lakewood, the City of Paramount, Unincorporated Cerritos and Unincorporated Long Beach.

The Sheriff provides patrol services to 153 unincorporated communities and 42 of the county’s 88 cities. There is no city jail here, so deputies handle the arrest from the outset and the route runs into county custody.

That puts Bellflower in a different position from neighboring Downey, which runs its own police department and holds people locally during booking. In Bellflower the route runs into county custody from the outset.

Where someone is held

Los Angeles County books men and women into different facilities, which is one reason families are told there is no record of their relative. Men are processed at the Inmate Reception Center in downtown Los Angeles — 24-hour intake (213) 473-6080. Women are held at the Century Regional Detention Facility, 11705 S. Alameda Street, Lynwood — (323) 568-4500. Our find an inmate guide explains how to search each system, and our Los Angeles County jails page covers how county custody works.

Which courthouse

Bellflower has a courthouse of its own, which sets it apart from most of the cities around it. The Bellflower Courthouse is at 10025 E. Flower Street, Bellflower, CA 90706 — (562) 345-3300. The court lists a criminal clerk’s office, a district attorney and a public defender at that building, and publishes its hours as 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with the clerk’s office open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday except court holidays. It does not list a traffic clerk’s office.

• Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Southeast District
• Other district courthouses: Norwalk, Downey and Whittier

Having a courthouse in the city does not mean a Bellflower case is heard there. The building named on the paperwork is what decides it, so check that before traveling.

Confirm the specific courthouse on your paperwork before traveling, or ask us to check for you.

Our nearest office to Bellflower

American Freedom Bail Bonds has no Los Angeles County office. Our three physical offices are Anaheim, Brea and La Habra, all in Orange County. Bellflower is a service area we cover from our our bail bonds office in La Habra, which sits directly on the county line.

Paperwork can be completed electronically and posting happens at whichever facility holds the person, so an agent can meet you at the courthouse or the jail without you coming to an office first.

Charges we are called about

• Warrants — in Los Angeles County a warrant is one of the situations where a bond is genuinely required, because the release protocols address arrest without a warrant.
• Domestic violence — Penal Code section 1270.1 requires a hearing in open court, on two court days’ written notice, before release on own recognizance or at a non-schedule amount for certain of these charges.
• Felony charges — where the serious-or-violent test decides whether the protocols apply at all.
• DUI, drug charges and misdemeanors — frequently within the protocols, so ask before assuming.
• All bail services and payment plans.

Nearby areas we serve

• Downey — to the north-west, own police department
• Lakewood — to the south, same sheriff’s station
• Artesia — to the south-east, same station
• Cerritos — to the east, a different station

See also Los Angeles County bail bonds and our service areas.

The full Bellflower bail resource network

Most bail websites give you a phone number and nothing else. Below is everything that actually governs a Bellflower case — where the person is held and for how long, where the bail figure comes from, and the process that controls when they walk out.

Where a Bellflower arrest is held, and for how long

The Board of State and Community Corrections classifies the LASD Lakewood Station Jail (facility 1620) as Type I. Under Title 15 § 1006 that means not more than 96 hours, excluding holidays, after booking. The J suffix is the part almost no bail site explains: it means the facility is separately approved to hold minors, and a minor held there is not in the adult bail system at all — there is usually no bail amount to post.

Los Angeles County sets bail differently — and that changes what you should do first

This is the single most important thing to understand about a Bellflower arrest. Los Angeles County releases many non-violent, non-serious arrests before arraignment at $0 bail, with no bond and no premium. It also publishes no inmate record at all for roughly the first two hours after an arrest, so an empty search result usually means the booking is not finished — not that the person was released or taken elsewhere. Paying anyone before you know which category the case falls into is how people spend money they did not need to spend.

The clock, hour by hour

Before you pay anyone

Where a Bellflower case is heard

Court assignment follows the city of arrest and the charge that is ultimately filed, and the Los Angeles County Superior Court publishes no public city-by-city criminal assignment table. We will not guess at yours: the release paperwork names the actual courthouse, date and time, and that document governs. Use it, and check the date independently before relying on anything else.

See every Los Angeles County courthouse we cover, how to find a court date, and what happens if that date is missed.

Common questions

Is my relative at the Lakewood station or in county custody?

Bellflower runs no city jail of its own — it contracts policing to the Los Angeles County Sheriff, from the Lakewood Station, and the case route runs into the county system. A person may still be at the station during booking before that transfer happens, so ring the station on (562) 623-3500 to confirm where they are before anyone travels.

Where should I look?

The Inmate Reception Center downtown for men, Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood for women. Never assume both are the same place — they are not.

Do we need a bail bond?

Often not. Since October 2023 many non-violent, non-serious arrests in LA County proceed without money bail. We will tell you honestly if that is your situation.

Which courthouse?

Southeast District — Norwalk, Downey or Whittier. Confirm on your paperwork.

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Please note: American Freedom Bail Bonds is a licensed bail bond agency, not a law firm. Nothing on this page is legal advice, and we cannot guarantee a bail amount, a release time, eligibility for release, or the outcome of any case. Los Angeles County release rules changed substantially in October 2023, and court and jail information can change — always confirm details directly with the facility or the court. California bail license 1841014.