Cedar Key Police Jail

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The Cedar Key Police Jail is located at 490 2Nd Street in Cedar Key, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Cedar Key Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Cedar Key Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Cedar Key Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Levy County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Cedar Key Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cedar Key Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can also get info for anybody who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Cedar Key Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Cedar Key Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to make a phone call to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Cedar Key Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Cedar Key Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Cedar Key Police Jail can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 352-543-5180 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Cedar Key Police Jail you must be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Cedar Key Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 Cedar Key Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cedar Key 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 Cedar Key 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 Cedar Key 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Levy County jail website or you are able to 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 there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Levy County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Levy County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Cedar Key Police Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you review the Cedar Key Police Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cedar Key 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 Cedar Key Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 352-543-5180 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 Cedar Key Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear 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 products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Cedar Key Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about 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, phone calls could be reduced or cut altogether.

The Cedar Key Police Jail phone number is: 352-543-5180

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Cedar Key Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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