Alpine County Released Inmates
Alpine County is not a standard county-jail lookup county. The Alpine County Sheriff's Office states that the Markleeville office is sheriff headquarters, that Alpine has no jail facilities, and that jail services are contracted to El Dorado County and Calaveras County. That fact controls the whole release search. A person arrested in Alpine may be cited and released, transported to a contract jail, moved to court, sent to CDCR, or transferred to another custodian.
A released person often drops off a live custody list. That can mean bond, time served, a court order, sentence completion, transfer to state prison, release to another county, federal pickup, an ICE hold, or data removal after the public roster updates. For Alpine County released inmates, the stronger proof is the record that names the agency, date, facility, and manner of release.
Alpine County has no local jail roster; absence from an Alpine roster is expected and does not prove the final release outcome.
How Alpine County Releases Happen
The first task is to identify the release type. A short Alpine arrest may end with a cite-release or bond before long-term housing occurs. A transported detainee may leave the El Dorado County Placerville Jail, the South Lake Tahoe Jail, or the Calaveras County Adult Detention Facility. A sentenced person may move from a county jail to CDCR. Each route leaves a different record.
| Release type | What it means | Where to confirm it |
|---|---|---|
| Field cite-release | The person is ordered to appear without a full jail stay. | Alpine sheriff record and Alpine Superior Court. |
| Bond or bail | Custody ends after payment or court-approved release terms. | Holding jail, court minutes, and sheriff records. |
| Time served | The sentence or custody credit satisfies the jail term. | Court disposition and jail release record. |
| Transfer | The person leaves one jail for another agency or CDCR. | Releasing jail plus the receiving system. |
| Parole, PRCS, or probation | Custody ends but supervision may continue. | CDCR parole, county probation, and court records. |
Alpine County Release Record Fields
A release record is not one statewide form. In Alpine County, it may be a contract jail booking record, an Alpine sheriff arrest or transport record, an Alpine Superior Court minute order, a CDCR parole record, or a federal custody record. The key is matching the record to the agency that had physical custody at release.
California Government Code section 7923.610 supports access to specified arrest information, including the time and manner of release or the place where the person is being held, subject to safety and investigation limits. It does not make every jail file detail public, but it gives a clear basis for asking for release date, release time, and release manner.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Full name and date of birth | Identity details used to distinguish similar names. |
| Booking or case number | The link between the jail event and court file. |
| Arresting agency | Whether Alpine Sheriff, CHP, or another agency began the case. |
| Holding facility | El Dorado, Calaveras, CDCR, BOP, or another custodian. |
| Release date and time | When physical custody ended at that agency. |
| Release reason | Bond, cite-release, time served, court order, transfer, or hold. |
| Supervision status | Whether parole, probation, or PRCS follows release. |
Request Alpine County Release Records
Use the agency that holds the record. For Alpine sheriff records, the staff directory lists Molly Graham for records requests, licensing, and permits, with the sheriff's main line at 530-694-2231 x331. The sheriff headquarters address is 99 Water Street, P.O. Box 278, Markleeville, CA 96120. If the person was booked in El Dorado, the El Dorado Records Unit is the clearer release-record source after current custody ends.
- Identify the arresting agency and the holding jail from the sheriff record, citation, court case, VINE notice, or family information.
- Check whether the person is still in custody through El Dorado Current Inmates, Calaveras arrest logs, California VINE, or CDCR CIRIS.
- If the person is no longer listed, request the booking and release entry from the holding jail records unit.
- Ask Alpine Superior Court for the case minutes or disposition when the reason for release depends on bail, sentence, dismissal, probation, or a warrant recall.
- For a state-prison release, use CDCR Identification Unit help and parole or BPH records as the case requires.
El Dorado says public-records requests receive a response within 10 working days, report copies are $0.25 per page, a local criminal history check is $25, and a clearance letter is $30. Its local CORI report can show El Dorado County Jail booking and release dates for 10 years, arresting agency, and charges, but that local-history route is for the subject with valid ID.
Alpine Superior Court records are requested in person, by mail to P.O. Box 518, Markleeville, CA 96120, or by fax to 530-694-2119. The court says it has no online public case portal and no public terminal at the Markleeville courthouse. It does not process name-search or copy requests by email.
Alpine Court Release Confirmation
The Alpine Superior Court records page is a major Alpine-specific source because a contract jail's current-custody listing can disappear long before a user understands why custody ended. Court records can show bail posted, own-recognizance release, a time-served sentence, probation, dismissal, warrant recall, remand, transfer, or prison commitment.
Name searches need the full legal name, aliases, and date of birth. The court normally searches back 10 years unless the requester gives a different span. A $15 search fee applies when the search takes longer than 10 minutes, while counter name searches are not charged a search fee. Copies are $0.50 per page. Off-site records can add one to two weeks.
Automatic record relief can change public access. Alpine's court records page says Clean Slate Act relief may prevent disclosure of conviction information except to the person granted relief or a criminal justice agency. That means a known custody event may not always produce an ordinary public court copy.
Find Released Alpine County Inmates
The search path starts with where the person was held, not with a county-branded roster. For a recent Alpine arrest, use the sheriff record or court case to decide whether to search El Dorado, Calaveras, VINE, CDCR, BOP, or ICE. A current-custody roster helps only while the person is still listed. After release, request the release record or use the court disposition.
- Check Alpine sheriff or court records to identify whether the person was cited, transported, or booked.
- Use El Dorado Current Inmates if the person may be held in Placerville or South Lake Tahoe.
- Use Calaveras Citizen RIMS arrests and daily booking logs if the person may be held through Calaveras.
- Use California VINE for a custody-status check or release alert around the release event.
- Use CDCR CIRIS for state-prison custody and CDCR Identification Unit if the result is unclear.
- Use BOP or ICE only when the case involves federal custody or immigration detention.
- Request the record from the holding jail or Alpine Superior Court when no public online source confirms the release.
For a broader recent-release view, use 24-Hour Releases or 72-Hour Releases. For a one-person date question, use Release Date Lookup.
CDCR Search for Alpine Releases
State-prison release is a separate path from an Alpine or contract-jail release. The California Incarcerated Records and Information Search is strongest for people currently in CDCR custody. CA.gov says CIRIS results can include name, CDCR number, age, current location, commitment counties, admission date, and Board of Parole Hearing dates and outcomes for incarcerated persons.
The CDCR contact page gives Identification Unit assistance at 916-445-6713, Monday through Friday excluding holidays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific. Use that support when a CDCR number, commitment county, or custody status is unclear.
The CDCR CIRIS search page is the official state search screen for California prison custody. It should be used for a prison case, not as a substitute for an Alpine contract-jail release record.
For Alpine County released inmates who moved from county custody to CDCR, the court sentence and CDCR record should be read together.
| CDCR field | Use in an Alpine release lookup |
|---|---|
| Name and CDCR number | Confirms the state-prison identity. |
| Current location | Shows current CDCR custody if the person is still incarcerated. |
| Commitment counties | Can connect the prison term to Alpine County or another county. |
| Admission date | Shows prison intake after jail transfer. |
| BPH dates and outcomes | Helps parole-eligible cases where release turns on a hearing. |
Alpine County Recent Releases
Alpine County does not publish its own 24-hour or 72-hour jail release feed because it does not operate a jail. El Dorado's custody page links to a current-inmates search, and Calaveras publishes arrest information and daily booking logs, but the official source text reviewed did not confirm a dedicated recent-release feed for Alpine, El Dorado, or Calaveras.
The Alpine Sheriff page is the official source for the no-jail fact and contract-jail routing. That makes recent-release work a fallback chain: locate the holding county, check current custody or arrest logs while the event is fresh, register through VINE if the person is still listed, then ask the holding jail or court for the release record.
The Alpine sheriff page is the starting point for local routing.
Because the sheriff office is headquarters rather than a jail, release confirmation moves to the facility that held the person.
Alpine Post-Release Supervision
After release, the person may still be under parole, probation, or postrelease community supervision. Parole is state supervision after a prison term. Probation is court-ordered county supervision. PRCS is county probation supervision for many people released from prison under Penal Code section 3451, subject to statutory exclusions.
For Alpine users, the practical question is whether the person reports to CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations or to county probation/PRCS. The Alpine Community Corrections Partnership page gives a local Probation Department contact number, 530-694-2192. CDCR DAPO handles parole supervision, while BPH handles suitability hearings and related outcomes. See Post-Release Supervision for the detailed verification path.
VINE, Federal, and ICE Releases
California VINE is useful for a specific person before and around a custody change. It can bridge the gap between an Alpine arrest and a contract-jail release, but it is a notification system rather than the official booking record. A VINE alert should be followed by a holding-jail or court record if proof is needed.
BOP and ICE apply only when the custody type fits. The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. BOP says a past release date with no facility location means the person is no longer in BOP custody, though another system or supervision may still apply. ICE ODLS is a current immigration detention locator, not an Alpine jail-release log.
The California VINE page is one route for custody-change notice before a record request is complete.
A VINE result should be matched to the agency that held the person because Alpine does not operate the jail feed.
Released or Still Held
The same name can appear in different places at different stages. Current-custody tools are helpful before release. Release records, court records, parole records, and federal locators become more useful after custody ends or changes hands.
| Status | Best source | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| Still in El Dorado custody | El Dorado Current Inmates | Live custody listing while active. |
| Recent Calaveras arrest | Calaveras Citizen RIMS and daily booking logs | Arrest or booking context, not a confirmed release archive. |
| Released from a contract jail | Holding jail records unit | Booking and release date, release reason, and charges when disclosable. |
| Case resolved in court | Alpine Superior Court | Bail, sentence, dismissal, probation, transfer, or warrant recall. |
| State-prison custody | CDCR CIRIS and CDCR Identification Unit | CDCR number, location, admission date, and BPH data when applicable. |
| Federal custody | BOP inmate locator | Federal custody location or past release date. |
Alpine County Facility Routing
The local facility story is the distinctive Alpine issue. Markleeville has the sheriff headquarters, not jail beds. El Dorado County and Calaveras County are the contract jail services named by the Alpine sheriff. The court, CDCR, BPH, BOP, ICE, and registry systems are separate record paths when the case moves beyond a local jail stay.
- Alpine County Sheriff's Office: arrest, transport, records routing, and local law-enforcement contact.
- El Dorado County Placerville Jail: current custody and records route for people held there.
- El Dorado County South Lake Tahoe Jail: Tahoe-side custody route near Alpine's geography.
- Calaveras County Adult Detention Facility: contract custody, booking, intake, logs, and records request route.
- Alpine County Superior Court: durable case and disposition records after the roster changes.
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: state-prison custody, release, and parole path.
Alpine Release Terms
Release language can be precise. The terms below help keep a jail release, a prison release, and the end of supervision separate.
- Release
- Leaving physical custody at a jail, prison, federal facility, or other custodian.
- Discharge
- The end of a sentence or supervision obligation, not just the end of a jail stay.
- Time served
- A sentence or custody period satisfied by time already spent in custody.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that can change where the person goes after release.
- PRCS
- Postrelease community supervision, often handled by county probation after some prison releases.
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