Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse
Orange County and Los Angeles County court information for families trying to work out where a case is heard.
The building
What it looks like when you arrive
Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse is a full security facility. Leave knives, scissors, pepper spray and anything blade-like in the car — there is no property storage at the screening point. Allow extra time for the queue at the entrance.
The Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse is the criminal courthouse for the Superior Court’s South District, covering Long Beach and the communities around it.
Key details
- Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse — 275 Magnolia Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802
- Phone: (562) 256-2312
- Superior Court of Los Angeles County, South District (which also includes the Catalina Courthouse)
Before you assume a bond is needed: since 1 October 2023 the Superior Court’s Pre-Arraignment Release Protocols mean many people arrested in Los Angeles County for non-violent, non-serious felonies and misdemeanours are cited and released, or released on their own recognisance, with no money bail. Money bail still applies to serious and violent felonies, to arrests on a warrant, where a judge sets or increases bail under Penal Code sections 1269c or 1270.1, and where the source of bail is restricted under Penal Code section 1275.1. Our Los Angeles County guide explains it in full.
Which communities feed into it
Long Beach is the second largest city in Los Angeles County and runs its own police department and its own city jail — which makes it genuinely different from the sheriff-policed cities around it, and means a Long Beach arrestee may not enter county custody at all in the first instance.
Neighbouring Lakewood is policed by the Sheriff’s Lakewood Station, alongside Artesia, Bellflower, Hawaiian Gardens and Paramount.
Where someone is held
Los Angeles County books men and women into different facilities. Men are processed at the Inmate Reception Center in downtown Los Angeles, on a 24-hour intake line of (213) 473-6080. Women are held at the Century Regional Detention Facility at 11705 S. Alameda Street in Lynwood, on (323) 568-4500. Calling the wrong one is the single most common way families lose their first few hours.
For Long Beach specifically, check the city jail first — see our Long Beach page.
Where we work
American Freedom Bail Bonds has no Los Angeles County office. Our three physical offices are Anaheim, Brea and La Habra, all in Orange County. We work Los Angeles County cases from our La Habra office, 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 travelling to an office first.
Related
La Habra office — (562) 690-8303Anaheim office — (714) 520-2002
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 licence 1841014.
Our three offices
La Habra, CA 90631(562) 690-8303
Anaheim, CA 92801(714) 520-2002
Brea, CA 92821(657) 286-5038