Clay County Jail

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The Clay County Jail is located at 281 Courthouse Drive in Hayesville, NC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Clay County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything related to the Clay County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Clay County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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7. How to Send Inmate Care Packages to Clay County Jail
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Clay County Jail
10. How to Search Clay County Arrest Records

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Clay County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Clay County Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find the same information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Clay County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Clay County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will answer some simple questions, like what is your legal name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the telephone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process takes between 10 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged. It also will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the magistrate has to determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Clay County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Clay County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the official Clay County Jail at (828) 389-6354 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Clay County Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Clay County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Clay County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Clay County 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 Clay County 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 Clay County 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates is likely to change, so check the Clay County Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Clay County 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 Clay County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (828) 389-6354 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 Clay County Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products such as 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 Clay County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Clay County Jail phone number is: (828) 389-6354

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 the prices. The profits off of all of the inmate phone calls are shared 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 Clay County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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