Pico Rivera sits between Whittier, Montebello and Downey — three cities that each run their own police force. Pico Rivera does not, and that difference decides where your relative ends up.

Who makes the arrest

This city contracts its law enforcement to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, policed from the Pico Rivera Station, 6631 Passons Boulevard, Pico Rivera, CA 90660 — (562) 949-2421. The Sheriff lists that station as serving El Rancho, Los Nietos, Pico Rivera, and West and Unincorporated West Whittier.

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.

So while a Whittier arrestee may be held in the Whittier city jail and never enter county custody, a Pico Rivera arrestee generally goes straight into the county system. Same neighborhood, different first stop.

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

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

Confirm the specific courthouse against your paperwork before traveling, or ask us to check.

Our nearest office to Pico Rivera

American Freedom Bail Bonds has no Los Angeles County office. Our three physical offices are Anaheim, Brea and La Habra, all in Orange County. Pico Rivera 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

• Whittier — to the east, own police department and jail
• Montebello — to the north-west, own police department
• Downey — to the south, own police department
• Santa Fe Springs — to the south-east

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

The full Pico Rivera bail resource network

Most bail websites give you a phone number and nothing else. Below is everything that actually governs a Pico Rivera 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 Pico Rivera arrest is held, and for how long

The Board of State and Community Corrections classifies the LASD Pico Rivera Station Jail (facility 1760) 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 Pico Rivera 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 Pico Rivera 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 Pico Rivera station or in county custody?

Pico Rivera runs no municipal jail of its own — the city contracts policing to the Los Angeles County Sheriff, 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) 949-2421 to confirm where they are before anyone travels.

My relative was arrested near the Whittier boundary.

Worth pinning down. A Whittier arrest may mean the Whittier city jail; a Pico Rivera arrest means the county system. Tell us roughly where it happened.

Do we need a bond?

Possibly not — LA County’s release protocols cover many non-violent, non-serious cases. We check first.

Which courthouse?

Southeast District. Confirm the specific building on your paperwork, or ask us.

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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.