Police booked your relative, and someone read you a charge code such as PC 245(a)(1) or HS 11378. The Superior Court’s schedule lists what that code means before the first court date, but its two files run 67 pages of narrow columns. For the wider process, see how bail works in Pomona.
What Is the Los Angeles County Bail Schedule for 2026?
It is a felony file and a misdemeanor file, plus a separate infraction schedule. The first two took effect January 1, 2026, and the Superior Court posts them on its bail page.
PC 1269b(c) makes it the duty of the superior court judges in each county to “prepare, adopt, and annually revise” one countywide schedule.
Part I of each file tells police how to handle an arrest before court, through the Pre-Arraignment Release Protocol. Part II guides judges, and nothing in either part binds the arraignment judge (page 6). The felony file adds a bail worksheet, form LASC CRIM 208 (page 11).
Does the Schedule Apply If There Is a Warrant?
No. The schedule covers people arrested without a warrant. PC 1269b(b) sets the order: before the first court appearance, bail is the amount on the warrant, and the countywide schedule fills in only when no warrant exists. After that appearance, the judge’s figure controls.
A warrant carries its own number. Under PC 815a, the magistrate who issues it fixes bail and endorses the dollar amount on the warrant itself. The county’s $0 tracks do not lower it. A warrant walk-through bond lets the person surrender with the bond already written.
How Do You Read the Release Column?
Felony rows list the code, the offense, an S or V marker with its statute, and the Pre-Arraignment Release Protocol entry. Misdemeanor rows skip the marker. Almost all rows end in one of five entries:
- CR (Cite and Release): a citation in place of booking. Bail is $0.
- BR (Book and Release): police book the person and let them go on a written promise to appear. Bail is $0.
- MR (Magistrate Review): $0 on paper, but the person stays in custody until a magistrate rules on release. You cannot post a bond during that wait.
- A dollar figure: money bail, payable in cash or through a bail bond.
- INELIGIBLE FOR RELEASE: no release before arraignment, for crimes in article I, section 12 of the California Constitution, such as murder with special circumstances (page 12).
An S marks a serious felony under PC 1192.7(c), and a V marks a violent felony under PC 667.5(c). Most S and V rows carry a dollar figure; the table shows an exception.
What Do Real 2026 Rows Say?
We took each row below from the court’s 2026 files and checked its column position. Each result assumes no exception from the next section applies.
| Code | Offense | 2026 entry | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| HS 11350, 11351, 11352, 11378, 11379 | Drug possession with a prior, possession for sale, sale | BR, $0 | 25-26 |
| HS 11377 | Possession with a qualifying prior (felony) | MR, $0 | 26 |
| PC 487(a) | Grand theft over $950 | BR, $0 | 20 |
| PC 487(c) | Grand theft from a person | MR, $0 | 20 |
| PC 487(d)(2) | Grand theft of a firearm (S) | $50,000 | 20 |
| PC 245(a)(1) | Assault with a deadly weapon, not a firearm (S) | $30,000 | 14 |
| PC 245(a)(4) | Assault likely to produce great bodily injury | MR, $0 | 14 |
| PC 273.5 | Corporal injury to a specified person (PC 1270.1) | $50,000 | 15 |
| VC 23152 | DUI, misdemeanor (felony DUI: MR, page 24) | BR, $0 | 31 (misdemeanor file) |
| VC 23153 | DUI causing bodily injury | MR, $0 | 24 |
| VC 23153 | DUI with great bodily injury or a deadly weapon (S) | $100,000 | 24 |
| PC 459 | First-degree burglary, person present (V) | $50,000 | 19 |
| PC 459 | Inhabited dwelling, no one present (S) | MR, $0 | 19 |
| PC 211 | First-degree robbery (S, V) | $100,000 | 13 |
One code can land in several places, as the three PC 487 rows show. The two schedules can differ as well: misdemeanor possession under HS 11377 is CR (misdemeanor page 11), while the felony row is MR.
One S-marked row stays at $0: a home burglary with no one inside is MR. The schedule labels residential burglary “A Non-1270.1(a)(1) crime” (page 19).
What Moves a Charge Off $0?
- Serious and violent felonies: “Zero-dollar bail is not available for serious or violent crimes” (page 5). PC 1270.1 lists serious and violent felonies other than residential burglary, plus others such as corporal injury under PC 273.5, and those arrestees “must post financial conditions of release” or wait for arraignment (page 7).
- Supervision status: a CR or BR booking on active felony probation, parole or PRCS goes to Magistrate Review (page 7): still $0, but no automatic release. A money row adds $25,000 once (pages 11 and 28).
- Enhancements under PC 1269b(e): extra allegations, such as a gun or serious injury, that can lengthen a sentence. They require a “non-zero-dollar amount of bail” (page 5): $50,000 for having or using a firearm, $200,000 to $1,000,000 when the arrestee fires it, and $30,000 for great bodily injury (pages 27-28).
PC 245(a)(4) is MR, yet with a great bodily injury allegation under PC 12022.7, the protocol applies that enhancement’s $30,000 (page 8). On a money row the amounts add up: PC 245(a)(1) at $30,000 plus that allegation totals $60,000, and a 10% bail bond premium on it is $6,000.
What If the Arrest Happened in San Bernardino County?
The Los Angeles schedule applies to Los Angeles County arrests. San Bernardino Superior Court adopts its own under PC 1269b(c) and posts a combined Felony/Misdemeanor Bail Schedule, effective January 1, 2026, on its criminal division page.
A San Bernardino County charge booked into West Valley Detention Center, 9500 Etiwanda Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, falls under that document, and the Los Angeles CR, BR and MR tracks do not apply there. Its amounts can differ from the Los Angeles rows above. We post bonds in both counties and can look up that row for you.
What Does a Schedule Row Mean for a Bail Bond?
A CR or BR row needs no bond and no premium. On an MR row, you have nothing to post unless a judge later sets money bail.
You can deposit a dollar amount in cash at the jail or court clerk’s office (PC 1269b(a)), or a licensed agent can post a bond for a premium, 10% of the bail as standard. In our experience, release follows 2 to 6 hours after a bond posts. Our felony bail bonds or misdemeanor bail bonds page has charge-by-charge detail.
If the case goes to Pomona Courthouse South, 400 Civic Center Plaza, its judge reviews bail at arraignment. PC 825 allows 48 hours from arrest for that hearing, Sundays and holidays excluded.
Common Questions About the LA County Bail Schedule 2026
On $1,000 bail, the standard 10% premium comes to $100, paid once to the bail agent. Veterans, service members, union members and private-attorney clients may be eligible for our filed 8% rate. Check the row first, since many county misdemeanors sit at $0. See our bail bond cost guide.
California has no single binding statewide list for felony and misdemeanor bail. Under PC 1269b(c), the superior court judges of each county adopt their own countywide schedule and revise it each year. A Riverside or San Bernardino County row can therefore differ from the Los Angeles row for the same code.
They are the Judicial Council’s statewide amounts for traffic, boating, fish and game, forestry, public utilities, parks and recreation, and business licensing offenses (California Rules of Court, rule 4.102). County judges must consider them when revising their own schedules. Felony bail and the Los Angeles $0 tracks come from the county schedule instead.
Get the booking charge and its code, then match them to a row. For a Pomona Police arrest, call the Pomona City Jail at (909) 620-2131 to confirm your relative is there, or let us call. Our Pomona inmate search guide lists other lookups. A warrant arrest uses the figure on the warrant.
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