Cotati Police Jail

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The Cotati Police Jail is located at 203 West Sierra Avenue in Cotati, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Cotati Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Cotati Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Cotati Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Sonoma County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Cotati Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cotati Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people who are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. You can also find the same information about anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find the information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Cotati Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Cotati Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You must answer some questions, like your full legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you have a cash bond or if the magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Cotati Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list information about each visitor to the Cotati Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be put into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the facility at 707-792-4611 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Cotati Police Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Cotati Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

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

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Cotati Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cotati 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 Cotati 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 Cotati 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Sonoma County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Sonoma County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Cotati Police Jail might change, so you should review the Cotati Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cotati 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 Cotati Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 707-792-4611 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 Cotati Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Cotati Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Cotati Police Jail phone number is: 707-792-4611

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all 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 Cotati Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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