Clay County Jail Recent Bookings And Arrests
Arrests and Booking
Booking at the Clay County Jail in Spencer
Arrestees in Clay County are booked by Sheriff Christopher L. Raveling's jail staff at 3115 W. 4th Street, under Jail Administrator Hayden Seidel.
- Prints taken. Iowa Code section 690.2 has Clay County jailers fingerprint every felony suspect and anyone booked on an indictable misdemeanor.
- A first call. Reliance has booking calls enabled for facility 97, the jail grants new arrestees at least one call without charge (relative, friend or bonding company), and Iowa Code section 804.20 separately protects contact with family or counsel.
- Seeing a magistrate quickly. Iowa Code section 804.21 obliges deputies to bring each new Clay County arrestee promptly to a Third District magistrate.
- Kept in custody. Prisoners not released after that appearance remain at the West 4th Street jail under the Iowa Jail Standards.
Families raising bond for someone Raveling's deputies brought in can follow the Spencer bail guide.
Booking Questions for the Spencer Jail
Whose staff processes a new Clay County arrest?
Is a phone call part of booking at the Spencer jail?
How can relatives learn that a Clay County booking has wrapped up?
Whose staff processes a new Clay County arrest?
Sheriff Raveling's jail crew, with Hayden Seidel in charge.
Is a phone call part of booking at the Spencer jail?
Yes. At least one call to a relative, friend or bonding company is free of charge while booking is under way.
How can relatives learn that a Clay County booking has wrapped up?
Seidel's staff answer 712-264-4242 and can say once processing is complete.