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250 E Main St · El Cajon
East County Regional Center —
Bail Bonds & Court Information
El Cajon's regional courthouse on East Main Street. Criminal, family, civil harassment and elder abuse restraining orders, juvenile dependency, and traffic for all of East County — plus where East County defendants are actually held.
Call (818) 241-2171
East County Regional Center
250 E Main St, El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 456-4100
Court hours Monday–Friday · Armstrong Bail Bonds open 24 hours
We post bonds for defendants whose cases are heard here from our staffed Glendale office at Glendale, California.
(818) 241-2171
Table Of Contents
Welcome to Armstrong Bail Bonds. Click on the buttons below to navigate to any area quickly!
Courthouse Overview
Hours Of Operation
Our Reviews
Charges We Handle
Departments & Case Types
How To Post Bail
Jails & Stations Feeding This Courthouse
Cities Heard At This Courthouse
Bail FAQs
Courthouse Overview
The East County Regional Center stands at 250 East Main Street in downtown El Cajon. It carries the East County docket for San Diego Superior Court: criminal, family, traffic, civil harassment and elder or dependent adult abuse restraining orders, and juvenile dependency.
Geographically this courthouse covers a lot of ground — El Cajon, Santee, Lakeside, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, and the whole backcountry running east on the 8 through Alpine, Descanso, Pine Valley, Campo, and out to the county line. A defendant arrested ninety minutes into the mountains will have a case called on Main Street in El Cajon.
The custody picture is the part that costs East County families the most driving. El Cajon PD books into its own city jail on Civic Center Way; the Sheriff's East County stations hold briefly and transport. After processing, adult men typically go to San Diego Central Jail downtown and adult women to Las Colinas in Santee — meaning the courthouse, the jail, and the drive home are frequently three different cities.
As with every courthouse, no bail money changes hands here. The bond is filed at whichever facility actually has the defendant, and when bail is already at the schedule amount, that can happen tonight rather than after the arraignment.
Official court information: San Diego Superior Court — court locations
At A Glance
- East County Regional Center
- 250 E Main St, El Cajon, CA 92020
- (619) 456-4100
- Bail bonds posted 24/7, including nights, weekends, and court holidays
Hours Of Operation
Court hours and jail release timing are two different clocks. East County Regional Center runs on a weekday court calendar; the jail holding your family member runs 24 hours a day.
| Courthouse building opens | 7:30 a.m., Monday – Friday |
|---|---|
| Business office phone hours | 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Monday – Friday |
| Main line (criminal, family, traffic, restraining orders) | (619) 456-4100 |
| Juvenile dependency business office | (619) 456-4238 |
| Saturday, Sunday & court holidays | Closed |
| Armstrong Bail Bonds | Open 24 hours, every day |
Court hours and jail release timing are separate systems. San Diego Superior Court keeps weekday hours; the facility holding a defendant accepts a bail bond at any hour, including nights, weekends, and court holidays.
San Diego Superior Court business offices answer phones from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Monday through Friday. Our San Diego office line, (619) 560-0106, is answered 24 hours a day.
Release timing follows the facility, not the courthouse. A municipal jail release can move in a couple of hours; a county facility commonly runs longer, and longer still overnight and on weekends.
Our Reviews
Real feedback from families we've helped release loved ones across San Diego County — sourced live from Google.
Charges We Handle
Every charge type and financing option we write for defendants whose cases are calendared at East County Regional Center. Open any page for statutes, bail schedule figures, and payment terms.
1% Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for 1% bail bonds.
1275 Hold Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for 1275 hold bail bonds.
2% Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for 2% bail bonds.
24-Hour Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for 24-hour bail bonds.
Affordable Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for affordable bail bonds.
Assault & Battery Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for assault & battery bail bonds.
Burglary Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for burglary bail bonds.
Cosigner Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for cosigner bail bonds.
Domestic Violence Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for domestic violence bail bonds.
Drug Charge Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for drug charge bail bonds.
DUI Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for dui bail bonds.
Elder Abuse Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for elder abuse bail bonds.
Failure To Appear Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for failure to appear bail bonds.
Felony Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for felony bail bonds.
Gun & Weapons Charge Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for gun & weapons charge bail bonds.
Manslaughter Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for manslaughter bail bonds.
Misdemeanor Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for misdemeanor bail bonds.
Murder Charge Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for murder charge bail bonds.
No-Collateral Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for no-collateral bail bonds.
No Money Down Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for no money down bail bonds.
Online Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for online bail bonds.
Probation Violation Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for probation violation bail bonds.
Robbery Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for robbery bail bonds.
Theft Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for theft bail bonds.
Traffic & Vehicle Code Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for traffic & vehicle code bail bonds.
Warrant Bail Bonds
Statutes, county bail schedule figures, and financing for warrant bail bonds.
Departments & Case Types
East County's full regional docket runs out of this one building on Main Street.
Criminal
Felony and misdemeanor arraignments, bail reviews, preliminary hearings, and trials for East County arrests, from El Cajon and Santee out through the mountain communities.
Family Law
Dissolution, custody, support, and domestic violence restraining orders, with a family business office in the building.
Civil Harassment & Elder Abuse Restraining Orders
East County's restraining order calendars, including elder and dependent adult abuse petitions.
Juvenile Dependency
A juvenile dependency business office operates here on the 6th floor as a satellite of the county's juvenile court on Meadow Lark Drive. Delinquency matters are handled at the juvenile court, not here.
Traffic & Minor Offenses
East County traffic and infraction calendars.
How To Post Bail At East County Regional Center
Bail review and reduction motions in California run under Penal Code §1270.1, and the starting figure comes from the San Diego County Superior Court felony and misdemeanor bail schedule.
Bail on an East County case is posted where the defendant is being held, which on this side of the county is rarely the same city as the courthouse. El Cajon arrests start at the El Cajon City Jail; Sheriff's station arrests from Alpine, Lakeside, Santee, Rancho San Diego, Pine Valley, Julian, and Campo hold briefly and then transport.
After processing, adult men typically transfer to San Diego Central Jail downtown and adult women to Las Colinas in Santee. Timing varies with the transport schedule, so the first thing we do on an East County call is confirm where the person physically is before anyone drives.
When the bail amount is already set at the county schedule, we post immediately — nights, weekends, and holidays included. 10% premium, as low as 1% down on approved credit.
Every bond we write is issued by a California Department of Insurance licensed bail agent under Cal. Ins. Code §1800, at the statutory 10% premium.
If A Court Date Here Is Missed
A missed appearance at East County Regional Center can mean a forfeited bond and a bench warrant the same day. There is a statutory window to bring the defendant back before forfeiture becomes a judgment against the cosigner — call us immediately. Failure to appear bail bonds →
Jails & Stations Feeding This Courthouse
East County arrests are held at these facilities while the case is calendared in El Cajon.
El Cajon City Jail
100 Civic Center Way, El Cajon, CA 92020
El Cajon PD's short-term city holding site on Civic Center Way.
View PageSan Diego Central Jail
1173 Front St, San Diego, CA 92101
Where adult men typically transfer after East County processing.
View PageLas Colinas Detention & Reentry Facility
451 Riverview Pkwy, Santee, CA 92071
Where adult women typically transfer, in nearby Santee.
View PageRancho San Diego Sheriff's Station
11486 Campo Rd, Spring Valley, CA 91978
The Sheriff's station covering Rancho San Diego, Spring Valley, Jamul, and Casa de Oro.
View PageLakeside Sheriff's Substation
12365 Parkside St, Lakeside, CA 92040
Lakeside's Sheriff's substation.
View PageAlpine Sheriff's Station
2751 Alpine Blvd, Alpine, CA 91901
Alpine's Sheriff's station, covering the I-8 corridor east of El Cajon.
View PageCities Heard At This Courthouse
These East County communities have their cases calendared at 250 East Main Street.
El Cajon Bail Bonds
The courthouse is in El Cajon.
View City PageSantee Bail Bonds
Santee arrests are calendared here.
View City PageLa Mesa Bail Bonds
La Mesa PD cases run through East County.
View City PageLemon Grove Bail Bonds
Lemon Grove is covered by the East County calendars.
View City PageLakeside Bail Bonds
Lakeside arrests are heard in El Cajon.
View City PageSpring Valley Bail Bonds
Spring Valley cases route to East County.
View City PageAlpine Bail Bonds
Alpine's I-8 corridor cases are calendared here.
View City PageJamul Bail Bonds
Jamul routes to the East County calendars.
View City PageRancho San Diego Bail Bonds
Rancho San Diego is minutes from the courthouse.
View City PageJulian Bail Bonds
Julian and the eastern backcountry are heard in El Cajon.
View City PageBail FAQs
Questions specific to East County Regional Center — the calendar, the bail process here, and how release timing actually works.
Who is writing this bond
A family that has posted bail in California since 1926
Cecil C. Armstrong opened our Glendale office in 1926. Four generations later, Bill Armstrong (CEO) and Nikki Armstrong (Co-CEO & Licensed Bail Agent) — the fourth generation of the family — still run the company, and our agents still answer the phone themselves. When you call about an arrest in Los Angeles or San Diego County, you reach a licensed Armstrong agent, not a national call center that hands your file to a stranger in another state.
- CA Bail License
- #1214401
- Glendale · LA County
- (818) 241-2171
- San Diego County
- (619) 560-0106