Eureka County Jail

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The Eureka County Jail is located at 411 West Main Street in Eureka, NV and is a medium security county jail operated by the Eureka County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything related to the Eureka County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Eureka County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Eureka County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Eureka County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can find info for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information fast if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Eureka County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Eureka County Jail includes each of the following steps:

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

First, you will have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get let go. Also, it will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Eureka County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Eureka County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go in a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Eureka County Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at (775) 237-5701 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Eureka County Jail you have to 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 cellphones at Eureka County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, this 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Eureka County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Eureka 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 Eureka 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 Eureka 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can access court records online or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is a 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 the date of their arrest, contact the Eureka County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Eureka County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Eureka County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail might change, so you should visit the Eureka County Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Eureka 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 Eureka County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (775) 237-5701 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 Eureka County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely 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 commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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

The only phone calls that Eureka County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (775) 237-5701

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Eureka County Jail. The rates 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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