Mohave County Jail

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The Mohave County Jail is located at 415 Pine Street in Kingman, AZ and is a medium security county jail operated by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Mohave County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Mohave County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Mohave County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

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Who’s In Jail

The Mohave County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information about anybody processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get the information faster if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Mohave County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Mohave County Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you have to answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Mohave County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Mohave County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

The Mohave County Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so call the official Mohave County Jail at (928) 753-0759 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Mohave County Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make 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 at Mohave County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Mohave County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mohave 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 Mohave 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 Mohave 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Mohave County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Mohave County Jail could change, so be sure to double check the Mohave County Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mohave 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 Mohave County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (928) 753-0759 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 Mohave County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need 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 items that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Mohave County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Mohave County Jail phone number is: (928) 753-0759

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Mohave County 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 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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