Placerville / Forni Road jail
Search Current Inmates or call (530) 621-6000 and confirm this is Placerville, not South Lake Tahoe. Then use this guide for first-come visiting at 300 Forni Road, NCIC Longview mail, and cash deposits. Sheriff HQ at 200 Industrial Drive is not the visitor lobby.
El Dorado County · California
Custody lookup
El Dorado County Jail - Placerville inmate search.
Confirm the person is in this jail before you drive, mail a letter, or send money.
El Dorado County Sheriff Current Inmates
Official Current Inmates (checked 2026-09-12): eldoradosheriff.citizenrims.com/incarcerated-people, linked from Sheriff Custody. Jail411 does not host inmate names. You need the booked name and booking number for NCIC mail. Read which building — this jail is 300 Forni Road, Placerville. South Lake Tahoe jail is 1051 Al Tahoe Blvd, (530) 573-3030. CIRIS is CDCR, not this jail. Official Custody page: Placerville capacity 303 plus 8 outpatient medical beds. Sheriff-Coroner Jeff Leikauf.
Open inmate search ↗California VINE
Sheriff Inmate Release Notification (checked 2026-09-12): free anonymous custody-status and release alerts at vinelink.com or (877) 411-5588. The live who-is-here list is Current Inmates, not VINE. Phone (877) 411-5588.
Register with VINE ↗Before you leave home
Three things to confirm before the trip.
In-person visits at 300 Forni Road are first come first served. Confirm the person is at this jail — South Lake Tahoe has different days. Call (530) 621-6000 before evening visiting.
- 01Confirm Placerville
Search Current Inmates or call (530) 621-6000.
The roster must show this jail. If the person is at South Lake Tahoe, use 1051 Al Tahoe Blvd, (530) 573-3030. If they are a youth, call Juvenile Treatment Center (530) 573-7980 — not this door.
- 02Match the window
Monday–Sunday 8:00–11:00 a.m. and 1:00–4:00 p.m. Monday–Thursday also 7:00–10:00 p.m.
Official Visiting Information (checked 2026-09-12). Final check-in is 30 minutes before the end of each window. One visitor at a time. Three 30-minute visits per week. Closed on legal holidays.
- 03Arrive at 300 Forni Road
Not 200 Industrial Drive and not 495 Main Street.
Bring valid photo ID. Leave phones, bags, food, and writing supplies in the car or a lobby locker. Call (530) 621-6000 before you drive, especially for evening visiting.
01 / Visiting
El Dorado County Jail - Placerville visiting hours.
Official Visiting Information for Placerville Jail, 300 Forni Road (checked 2026-09-12): Monday through Sunday 8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. (final check-in 10:30 a.m.) and 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. (final check-in 3:30 p.m.). Monday through Thursday evenings 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. (final check-in 9:30 p.m.). First come first served. For evening visiting, call (530) 621-6000 first to confirm it has not been cancelled. One visitor at a time; a minor may be escorted by a parent or legal guardian. Each visitor and each inmate is allowed a maximum of three 30-minute visits per week and one visit per day unless pre-approved through jail administration. Visiting week is Monday–Sunday. Closed on legal holidays. Regular posted hours are subject to change. Lockdowns, court-ordered classes, and holidays cancel visits. If Current Inmates shows South Lake Tahoe, do not come here. Call (530) 621-6000 the day you drive, especially for evening slots.
Call the jail (530) 621-6000Visiting location
El Dorado County Jail public lobby, 300 Forni Road, Placerville, CA 95667.
Not itemized on the live Visiting HTML. Call (530) 621-6000.
Frequency and group size
- Three 30-minute visits per week per visitor and per inmate. One visit per day unless jail administration pre-approves a second. Inmate workers may receive unlimited visits, but the visitor is still limited to one 30-minute visit per day and three per week.
- 30 minutes. Any portion of 30 minutes counts as the entire visit. Arrive at least 30 minutes before the posted end time.
- One visitor at a time. Exception: a minor escorted by a parent or legal guardian. Minors need ID (birth certificate, school ID) showing they are legally the visitor’s or the inmate’s child. The minor stays with the parent/guardian unless visiting their parent.
- 300 Forni Road, Placerville, CA 95667 — jail lobby. Not 200 Industrial Drive (Sheriff HQ), not 495 Main Street (criminal court), not 1051 Al Tahoe Blvd (South Lake Tahoe jail).
In-person visiting times by housing module
Saturday and Sunday use the daytime windows only (8:00–11:00 a.m. and 1:00–4:00 p.m.). Evening visiting is Monday–Thursday. Find the housing module first, then the day.
Remote video is NCIC at videovisit.ncic.com, $0.20 per minute, one free 30-minute visit per inmate per week, calendar 8:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m. seven days (some blocks excluded for medical/meals). One video visit per inmate per day. Help (800) 943-2189. In-person social visits are not reserved online.
Daytime — all housing
30 min- Sun · Mon · Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri · Sat 8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Evening — call first
30 min- Mon · Tue · Wed · Thu 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Do not assume
These details are not published.
Ask the jail before setting out. Jail411 will not guess at a rule that could cause a missed visit.
- A named online commissary storefront beyond cash/cashier’s check at the jail (Sheriff Visiting Information checked 2026-09-12)
- Inmate Telephone Calling Rates PDF (correspondence page link returned 404 on 2026-09-12; call NCIC (800) 943-2189)
- Accepted photo-ID types beyond “driver’s license, birth certificate with photo ID, etc.”
- Visitor parking instructions for 300 Forni Road
- Property / commissary leftover pickup hours at this jail lobby (Property Unit is 200 Industrial Drive)
- A prosecutor (non-victim-advocate) street address on eldoradoda.com/contact (that page is a form; published doors are the two Victim Advocate offices)
- A local CDCR parole unit street address inside El Dorado County on the Northern Region directory check for this page
Phone calls
El Dorado County Jail phones and video NCIC.
Official Inmate Correspondence and Visiting Information (checked 2026-09-12): inmate phones are NCIC Inmate Communications, (800) 943-2189, ncic.com. Remote video is videovisit.ncic.com at $0.20 per minute; NCIC offers 1 free video visit per week per inmate; visits are 30 minutes; one video visit per inmate per day video is available. Video calendar 8:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m. seven days, with blocks excluded for medical and meals. All video visits are recorded. Electronic messages go through CorrectPay. A linked Inmate Telephone Calling Rates PDF from the correspondence page returned 404 on 2026-09-12 — call NCIC for current rates.
- 01Phones
NCIC account at ncic.com or (800) 943-2189.
The incarcerated person places the call. Do not call the jail lobby for app passwords.
- 02Remote video
Schedule at videovisit.ncic.com.
$0.20 per minute. One free 30-minute visit per inmate per week. One video visit per inmate per day. Faces must stay in camera view. Same dress-code bans as in-person. Help (800) 943-2189.
- 03Messages
CorrectPay / correctpay.com.
$0.25 per incoming message, $0.35 per picture. Inmate outgoing $0.50; one free inmate outgoing message per week. Help (855) 836-3364.
Inmate mail
El Dorado County Jail - Placerville inmate mail address.
Use the inmate-mail address below. Include the person’s name and booking number, and add your full return address.
Mailing address
Inmate NameBooking number#El Dorado County, County JailPO BOX 591Longview, Texas 75606Do not send ordinary letters to 300 Forni Road (letters go to Longview). Do not send inmate mail to 200 Industrial Drive (Sheriff HQ), 1051 Al Tahoe Blvd (South Lake Tahoe jail street is only for people housed there), 1041 Al Tahoe Blvd (youth), or 5440 Longview Lane (Growlersburg CDCR camp).
- Non-privileged letters to NCIC PO BOX 591, Longview, Texas 75606 with the inmate’s name, Sheriff’s Office booking number, and a return address (Inmate Correspondence, checked 2026-09-12)
- Envelope no larger than 8.5 inches wide × 11 inches tall; no more than 5 pages; write on the front of pages only
- Maximum 1 photo per mailing
- Legal and medical mail to this jail street: inmate name, 300 Forni Road, Placerville, CA 95667
- Magazines, newspapers, money, and books to this jail street — not Longview
- Mail without the booking number or return address
- More than 5 pages (returned)
- Writing on the back of pages (only the front is scanned)
- More than 1 photo (the entire letter is returned)
- Legal or medical mail to Longview (must go to 300 Forni Road)
- Magazines, bulk mail, newspapers, money, or books to Longview (returned; send to this facility)
- Youth mail using this Longview box (Juvenile Treatment Center is 1041 Al Tahoe Blvd)
Letters: Inmate Name / Booking number# / El Dorado County, County Jail / PO BOX 591 / Longview, Texas 75606. Get the booking number from Current Inmates. Legal/medical/publisher/money: Name / 300 Forni Road / Placerville, CA 95667. Mail processed at Longview is scanned and destroyed — it will not be returned.
Postage when someone has no money: Electronic messages via CorrectPay / correctpay.com are $0.25 per message and $0.35 per picture. Inmate outgoing messages $0.50; one free inmate outgoing message per week. Messaging help (855) 836-3364.
Money and commissary
How to send money to El Dorado County Jail - Placerville.
The published deposit route is Cash or cashier’s check at this jail; postal service. Confirm the person is still housed here and keep the booking number ready before depositing.
- 01
Official Visiting Information (checked 2026-09-12): money in the form of cash or cashier’s check may be brought to the facility at any time and placed on the inmate’s account. These forms of money can be sent via postal service as well.
- 02
Previous inmates must be out of custody 30 days prior to visiting the facility or making deposits to inmate accounts.
- 03
Do not mail cash to the NCIC Longview box — money sent there is returned with magazines, newspapers, and books.
- 04
CorrectPay (correctpay.com) is the Sheriff’s published path for electronic messages and photos, not a published commissary catalog. Messaging help (855) 836-3364.
Release and property
Bail, property, and commissary pickup
Search first, then cash or a licensed bond — criminal clerk is 495 Main Street
Confirm the person is still at this jail on Current Inmates or (530) 621-6000. Post cash or a licensed bond — Jail411 does not republish a bondsman directory. Criminal Division, Placerville Main Street Branch, 495 Main Street, (530) 621-5047, clerk 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Court felony/misdemeanor bail schedule: eldorado.courts.ca.gov/forms-filing/fees-bail-schedules. Official surrender page (checked 2026-09-12): Work Program is running seven days a week; arrive at the jails by 7:45 a.m.; no Work Program on county holidays. Court-ordered jail surrender is accepted without appointment by the date and time on the paperwork. Intermittent (weekender) sentences: call (530) 621-6007 for this jail; there is a wait list. Probation EMP applications are available at both jails. Posting a bond does not guarantee release if a probation, parole, or out-of-county hold applies. An ICE detainer alone is not a lawful California hold (Gov. Code § 7284.6).
Sheriff Property at 200 Industrial Drive, (530) 621-5709 — appointment
Sheriff Property Unit, 200 Industrial Drive, Placerville, (530) 621-5709, Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., appointment required. Valid California ID, California driver’s license, or military ID. Case must be cleared by the DA, detectives, or court order. Up to two weeks to process. This is not the visitor lobby at 300 Forni Road.
Call (530) 621-6000 — pickup window not on the live Sheriff HTML
Not printed as a pickup window on the reviewed Sheriff HTML. Call (530) 621-6000.
After booking
Court, a lawyer, probation, and parole.
Court, counsel, and probation are separate from the jail. State parole is a different agency. This is the process a family actually has to walk—not a directory of private bondsmen or attorneys.
495 Main Street
Criminal cases: Departments 1, 2, 3, and 7 (Criminal Division page). Look up calendars on the Court Web Portal (register first): public-portal-eldorado.journaltech.com. East Slope criminal is 1354 Johnson Blvd, (530) 573-3044 — not this building. Official Criminal Division and Main Street location (checked 2026-09-12): clerk Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Building 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. After-hours drop box. Departments 1, 2, 6, and 7 handle West Slope criminal.
495 Main Street is the West Slope criminal courthouse — not jail visiting at 300 Forni Road.
3976 Durock Road, Suite 104
Ask the judge at the first criminal appearance for a Public Defender if you cannot afford an attorney.
Official Public Defender (checked 2026-09-12): Chief Public Defender Teri Monterosso. Shingle Springs office 3976 Durock Road, Suite 104. From El Dorado Hills (916) 358-3555 ext. 6440. From South Lake Tahoe (530) 573-7955 ext. 6440. Fax (530) 387-2180. South Lake Tahoe office 1360 Johnson Blvd. #106, (530) 573-3115. This office is not visiting and not inmate mail.
Probation is not parole
A probation hold can block release after bail. Official Contacts (checked 2026-09-12): Shingle Springs Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., fax (530) 676-6216. Chief Kaci Smith. Pretrial uses VPRAI-R. EMP applications are at probation offices, court, and both jails.
Youth housing is the Juvenile Treatment Center, 1041 Al Tahoe Blvd, (530) 573-7980 — not this adult jail. Placerville Juvenile Hall is closed.
Use the office on the release papers
CDCR Northern Region directory should be checked for the unit named in the release papers. Do not report to this county jail lobby. State parole is not El Dorado County Probation. Report to the office named in the release papers.
Superior Court locations
West Slope criminal. Departments 1, 2, 6, 7.
Official page ↗Family, dependency, Department 8. Fair Lane branch is closed.
Official page ↗Civil, traffic, probate. Not the jail.
Official page ↗East Slope criminal/traffic (530) 573-3044. Juvenile Justice calendars.
Official page ↗Public Defender offices
District Attorney / Victim Advocates
Official DA homepage (checked 2026-09-12). Fax (530) 621-1280. Victim/Witness: eldoradoda.com/victim-witness.
Official page ↗Official DA homepage (checked 2026-09-12). Fax (530) 544-6413.
Official page ↗Probation offices
Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Fax (530) 676-6216.
Official page ↗Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Fax (530) 541-1880.
Official page ↗05 / Who to call
El Dorado County Jail - Placerville phone numbers.
For visiting, housing, bail, property, mail, or deposit questions, use the custody information line first.
Custody, visiting day-of, evening visiting status. 300 Forni Road.
Jail fax.
Wait-list information for intermittent sentences.
Other adult jail. Confirm before you drive.
Phone accounts and videovisit.ncic.com.
Electronic messages and photos.
Release notification — not the live roster.
200 Industrial Drive. Not visiting.
When you need to act
Search, pay, or read the county’s own pages.
El Dorado County Jail - Placerville · Placerville · Updated 2026-09-12