Can I help bond them out?

Search the person’s name in the box above. It shows people on the Clay County Jail roster as we have checked it since November 11, 2026, and whether each one is in custody (with the recorded bond amount, or no bond amount listed yet), no longer on the roster, or being updated. Call your local bail bonds office.

First confirm that the person is in Clay County Jail and that a bond amount has been set. Then call your local bail bondsman with the person’s full name, date of birth if you have it, and the booking number if you have it. A licensed bondsman can review the bond, explain the fee and the agreement, and post a surety bond with the jail. After the bond is accepted, the jail processes the release. Holds from other cases or agencies can delay that.

After an arrest, the person is booked into the county jail and given a booking number. Texas law requires that they be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay and no later than 48 hours after arrest. At that hearing the magistrate explains the charge and usually sets bail. Under Texas law, the options can include a personal bond, a surety bond, a cash bond, or, in limited situations, denying bail. Once bail is set, it can be posted. After the bond is accepted, the jail processes the release. The person must then go to every court date.

Bail is the court’s way of making sure a person comes back for their case. With a cash bond, you can pay the full court-set amount to the court yourself. With a surety bond, a licensed bail bondsman guarantees that full amount for a fee. A personal bond is a release the magistrate may allow based on the person’s promise to appear, without posting that full amount. Either way a bond is posted, the defendant must still attend every court date. This is general information, not legal advice.

Fees depend on the bond and are regulated in Texas. They vary, so ask your local bail bondsman for the exact fee up front and for the total cost in writing. Ask whether collateral is required and whether any other fees apply. The bondsman’s fee is generally not refunded, because it pays for the guarantee. This site cannot quote a fee for a specific bond.

A co-signer, sometimes called an indemnitor, is a person who signs the bond agreement. Depending on the agreement, they may owe fees, provide collateral, or be responsible for amounts if the defendant does not meet the terms, including missing court. Ask your local bail bondsman for a clear explanation of every responsibility before you sign.

Have the person’s full legal name and date of birth, the booking number if you have it, the charges and bond amount if they have been set, and your questions. If you will be signing paperwork, bring a valid photo ID. Do not enter birth dates or other private identifiers in the search form on this site.

A magistrate must see the person within 48 hours of arrest, and bail can be posted once it has been set. After a bond is posted, release depends on the jail’s processing time. Bond decisions, holds, paperwork, and jail processing all affect timing. Nobody can promise an exact release time.

Missing court can lead to the bond being forfeited and a new warrant being issued. Call your local bail bondsman right away if a court date is missed or is in doubt. Write every court date down and keep the person’s phone number current with the bondsman and the court.

A hold, warrant, or matter in another county or from another agency can keep someone in jail even after a local bond is posted, or can delay release. A hold or no-bond notation is not a set bond and is not zero. Call your local bail bondsman to check for holds or warrants before treating a bond as available.

A magistrate or judge sets the bail amount, not the bail bond company. Texas law says bail should be high enough to make sure the person comes back to court, but it must not be used as a tool of oppression.

It means our last check of the official Clay County jail record is more than 24 hours old, so we do not say whether the person is still in jail. Check back shortly, or call your local bail bonds office to confirm the current status.

The person was listed on the Clay County Sheriff’s public jail roster at an earlier check but is not on the latest one. They may have bonded out, been released, or been moved to another agency. The roster doesn’t publish release dates, so call your local bail bondsman to confirm.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office can be reached at (940) 538-5611. Its official roster is at Clay County Sheriff’s Office Public Jail Roster (Kologik). Visiting rules and hours can change, so confirm with the Sheriff’s Office before you go. For bond help, call your local bail bonds office.

Names are sent privately when you search and are not written to our logs. Individual search results are never shown in search engines.