Lake View Police Jail

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The Lake View Police Jail is located at 305 Main Street in Lake View, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lake View Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Lake View Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Lake View Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lake View Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find information for anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Lake View Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Lake View Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process may take between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get let go. Also, it will depend on if you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Lake View Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Lake View Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 712-657-2513 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Lake View Police Jail you must be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Lake View Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Lake View Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lake View Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Lake View Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Lake View Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants on the website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that includes a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Lake View Police Jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you check the Lake View Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lake View Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Lake View Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 712-657-2513 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Lake View Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products including soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

All phone calls from the Lake View Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 712-657-2513

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Lake View Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Lake View Police Jail, click the link below.

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