Transferring Locations on PRCS

How do I transfer my PRCS to another county in California?

California state law governs the process for transferring a person’s PRCS between counties.[792] Unlike with transfers of informal probation, PG. 196, formal probation, PG. 200, and Mandatory Supervision, PG. 208,[793] the Court does NOT have the authority to transfer a person’s PRCS. Instead, the PRCS transfer process is administrative, and happens directly from one county to another.[794] The internal policy of probation departments is to accept post-release transfers only, so once you are released, the process for transferring counties on PRCS is as follows:

Write a letter to your probation officer formally stating your intention to live in another county. The probation department must find that transfer is appropriate under the circumstances. In addition to considering factors such as the victim’s safety, the probation officer must determine that:

    You have proof of permanent residence in another county (see box), AND
    Your change of residence was either approved by probation OR didn’t violate the terms and conditions of your PRCS.[795]

The supervising agency (the county probation department) then has two weeks to send any information it received from CDCR before you were released to the probation department in your new county of permanent residence.[796]Once the new county’s probation department has verified your permanent residency in its county, the agency must accept you on PRCS there.[797]

IMPORTANT NOTE: Your supervising agency (the county probation department) is not required to transfer your PRCS to another county unless you have shown your ability to establish permanent residence within another county without violating the terms and conditions of your PRCS.

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How do I prove I have a permanent residence to transfer my PRCS to a new county?

To verify that you live in the requested county, the county probation department will need proof of permanent residence. This may include:

    A face-to-face visit from a probation officer at your new home
    A California driver’s license with your new address
    Voter registration documents
    A copy of a rental agreement
    A form from a friend or family member verifying that you will live with them
    Credit card or utility bills
    Car registration or insurance documents

Living somewhere only for employment or school, or living in a transitional housing or residential treatment facility, will not be considered a “permanent residence” for the purpose of transferring your PRCS to another county.[798]

  1. 792

    See Cal. Penal Code § 3460. ↑

  2. 793

    See Cal. Penal Code § 1203.9. ↑

  3. 794

    Chief Probation Officers of California, PRCS Transfer Protocol, http://www.cpoc.org/assets/Realignment/transfers of prcs offender protocol.pdf. ↑

  4. 795

    Cal. Penal Code § 3460(a). ↑

  5. 796

    Cal. Penal Code § 3460(a). ↑

  6. 797

    Cal. Penal Code § 3460(b). ↑

  7. 798

    See Cal Pen. Code § 3460(c); Chief Probation Officers of California, Protocol for Transfers of Postrelease Community Supervision Offenders (rev'd Dec. 10, 2015), http://www.cpoc.org/assets/Realignment/prcs%20transfer%20protocols%20rev%2012102015%20final.docx. ↑

How do I transfer my PRCS to another state?

IMPORTANT: The same rules for transferring states apply to people on ANY type of state or county supervision. That means if you are on state parole, probation, PRCS, OR mandatory supervision—the process and rules to transfer your supervision to another state are the same. To read about interstate transfer, see PG. 217.

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