Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 25, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Dinuba, California, in Tulare County, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In California the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Superior Court clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Dinuba is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Dinuba public records, Tulare County criminal records, Dinuba arrest records, Dinuba warrants, Dinuba inmate search, Dinuba court records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare
In California the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Dinuba are heard by the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic and juvenile case, and the file of each case is kept by the Superior Court clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at online.tulare.courts.ca.gov (page title: Welcome to the Online Portal | Superior Court of California | County of Tulare), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
California has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The California Criminal History and Your Own Copy
California does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the California Department of Justice goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court file in the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare is the public record.
To see your own record, the route is a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR; the state fee is $25. The response cannot be used for immigration or visa purposes. Details are on the California Department of Justice page.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Dinuba
The Tulare County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Dinuba (filed by the FBI as Dinuba Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Dinuba: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places two state agencies, two state police units, one other agency and one campus police department in Tulare County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the nine agencies in Tulare County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 13,886 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Dinuba arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Dinuba in 2025
The agency that reports for Dinuba had 154 violent and 485 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The District Attorney for Tulare County
Charges in Tulare County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at tularecounty.ca.gov/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney | Tulare County | CA.gov), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
The Sex Offender Registry for Dinuba
Registered sex offenders living in Dinuba are listed on the Megan's Law website, run by the California Department of Justice at meganslaw.ca.gov. The registry is tiered; some registrants are kept off the public site and others are shown by ZIP code only.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Tulare County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the California Public Records Act a county office must answer a request within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances, and it may charge the direct cost of copying only, not staff time.
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Tulare County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Tulare County and California. These criminal records pages from its Tulare County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Crime Data, State of California (oag.ca.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Dinuba?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is not public; you can get your own for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the California Public Records Act.
How do I get my own California criminal history?
A Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR; the state fee is $25.
Who prosecutes crimes in Dinuba?
The District Attorney, which files its cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare.
Is this the official Dinuba website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.