Daly City Inmate Search

Daly City inmate population records are managed by the San Mateo County Sheriff. Daly City sits right at the San Francisco border and is the largest city in San Mateo County with about 104,000 residents. The city has its own police department but does not operate a jail. All inmates from Daly City arrests go to the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City. The San Mateo County Sheriff handles booking, custody, and inmate records. This page explains how to search for someone arrested in Daly City and what records you can access.

San Mateo County Jail

The Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City is where Daly City inmates go. This is the main jail for San Mateo County. It opened in 2016 as a modern replacement for the old county jail. The facility holds about 700 to 900 inmates on a typical day. It sits at 300 Bradford Street in Redwood City, which is about 20 miles south of Daly City. The county also operates the Maple Street Correctional Center nearby for minimum-security inmates and work release programs.

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Corrections Division handles all jail operations. Visit smcsheriff.com/corrections-division for information on inmate services, visiting hours, and booking procedures. To check on a specific inmate from Daly City, call (650) 599-3000. Staff at the jail can confirm custody status by name or booking number. They can tell you the charges, bail amount, and next court date.

San Mateo County's jail population is moderate compared to the bigger California counties. The system does not face the same overcrowding that LA County or Orange County deal with. Processing times are usually faster. A Daly City booking at Maguire typically gets into the system within a few hours of arrival.

Daly City Police Department

Daly City runs its own police department. Officers patrol the city, handle calls, and make arrests. The department is at 333 90th Street. After an arrest, the person gets transported to the Maguire Correctional Facility for booking. There are no holding cells in Daly City for overnight stays. The hand-off to county custody happens quickly.

For arrest reports and incident records from Daly City, contact the police records unit at (650) 991-8119. Reports cost a small fee for copies. The records division processes requests during business hours. Daly City sits at the northern tip of San Mateo County, right next to San Francisco. Some cases involve cross-jurisdiction issues. A person might get arrested by Daly City police but their case could involve incidents in San Francisco too. Regardless, once booked into San Mateo County, the inmate records go through the sheriff.

Daly City has a lower crime rate than San Francisco next door. But its position on the county border means some spillover. The police department stays busy with calls from both residential areas and the commercial strips along Mission Street and Serramonte Boulevard.

State and Statewide Search

If someone from Daly City ended up in state prison, use the CIRIS inmate locator from CDCR. This tool searches all 34 California state prisons. Enter a name or CDCR number. Results show the current prison, admission date, and parole hearing schedule. A person sentenced through the San Mateo County courts shows San Mateo as the commitment county in CIRIS. The tool is free.

VINELink searches county jails across all of California. Use it when you are not sure which county has the person. Maybe someone from Daly City was arrested in San Francisco or another county. VINE checks everywhere. It also lets you set up alerts for when an inmate's status changes. Get a call, email, or text when the person is released or transferred. Call 1-877-411-5588 to use VINE by phone. There is no charge.

These statewide tools fill gaps that the county system does not cover. The San Mateo County jail search only shows people in county custody right now. CIRIS only shows state prison. VINE ties them together across county lines.

Daly City Inmate Records Law

Arrest and booking data from Daly City is public. Under Government Code 6254(f), California law requires disclosure of arrest information. This includes the person's name, charges, bail amount, and booking details. Both the Daly City Police and the San Mateo County Sheriff must release this information when asked. You do not need to give a reason for requesting it.

Criminal history is a different matter. Penal Code 11105 restricts full criminal background records to authorized users only. The California DOJ maintains these files. You cannot request a background check on someone from Daly City police or the sheriff. If you want to see your own record, go to a Live Scan site in the Daly City area and pay $25 to the DOJ. Processing takes a few days to two weeks.

• San Mateo County Sheriff custody line: (650) 599-3000
• Daly City PD records: (650) 991-8119
• VINE custody alerts are free statewide
• CIRIS prison search costs nothing
• DOJ criminal history costs $25

Current custody data shows who is in jail right now. Once released, people drop off the roster. For past booking records from Daly City, contact the sheriff or the police department records unit.

Nearby City Inmate Records

These cities are near Daly City in the Bay Area. San Mateo shares the same county jail system.

San Mateo County Inmate Records

Daly City is in San Mateo County. See the county page for full details on the Maguire Correctional Facility and county jail operations.