Tavares Police Jail

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The Tavares Police Jail is located at 201 East Main Street in Tavares, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Tavares Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Tavares Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Tavares Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Tavares Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tavares Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of people currently in custody, including custody status, and times you can visit. You can also find information on anybody processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Tavares Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Tavares Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

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

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

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process takes anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get discharged. It also depends on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get released in the morning.

Tavares Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Tavares Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will go in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Tavares Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Tavares Police Jail at 352-742-6200 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Tavares Police Jail you must be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Tavares Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Tavares Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tavares 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 Tavares 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 Tavares 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 think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the Lake County court 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 an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Lake County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates could change, so it would be best to check the Tavares Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tavares 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 Tavares Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 352-742-6200 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 Tavares Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their 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 Tavares Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, 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 jail rules, phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 352-742-6200

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Tavares Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower 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 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 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 Tavares Police Jail, click the link below.

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