Grass Valley Police Jail

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The Grass Valley Police Jail is located at 129 South Auburn Street in Grass Valley, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Grass Valley Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Grass Valley Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would be beneficial to others is welcome.

Grass Valley Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Grass Valley Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information about anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Grass Valley Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

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

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. This process may take between 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, it depends on if you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to get discharged in the morning.

Grass Valley Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Grass Valley Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered in the log for the inmate. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the facility at 530-477-4600 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Grass Valley Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Grass Valley Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Grass Valley Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Grass Valley 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 Grass Valley 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 Grass Valley 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Nevada County jail website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. 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 name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You can access court records via the internet, or at the Nevada County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Grass Valley Police Jail change frequently, so it would be best to visit the Grass Valley Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Grass Valley 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 Grass Valley Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 530-477-4600 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 Grass Valley Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Grass Valley Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Grass Valley Police Jail phone number is: 530-477-4600

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of 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 Grass Valley Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 lower 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money 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 facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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