Murray County Jail Roster
The Murray County Sheriff's Office states that Murray County partners with Lyon County to house inmates and links to the current roster. That means a person arrested by Murray County, Slayton Police, or another local agency may appear on the Lyon County in-custody list rather than on a separate Murray County roster. The official Lyon County roster landing page says the roster is automatically updated every 12 hours and links to Minnesota VINELink.
The roster is a public custody snapshot, not the full court file. It can help confirm a booking, arresting agency, charge text, and custody status. It did not show mugshots, date of birth, height, weight, race, sex, housing unit, bond amount, court date, magistrate, or attorney fields in the inspected text version. Court dates should be checked through MCRO Hearing Search or the Murray County daily court calendar.
Murray County inmate records should be read with that split in mind. The jail roster can show a person is or was listed in custody, but it does not prove that a charge ended in conviction. A charge may be pending, dismissed, amended, or tied to a release condition. For final court action, use District Court records. For a formal public criminal-history check, use the Minnesota BCA Public Criminal History system because MCRO warns that court searches do not verify identity by fingerprints.
The manifest image below shows the public in-custody list used for Murray County inmates housed by Lyon County.
Use the roster date and booking details when calling about a person, because custody can change between online updates.
Search Murray County Inmates
The local inmate lookup process is simple but has limits. The Lyon list is a static public page rather than a searchable form. A browser find command can help locate a name, but users should still check spelling variations and confirm with the housing jail before travel, visits, mail, or money deposits.
- Open the Lyon County in-custody list linked from Murray County's sheriff page.
- Use browser find to search by last name, or scan the list by booking entry.
- Confirm the booking date, name, arresting agency, charges, status, sentence date, and actual completion date if shown.
- Call the sheriff or housing jail before visiting or sending money, because the public roster updates periodically.
- Use MCRO Hearing Search or the daily court calendar for court dates.
- Use DOC, VINELink, Haven, or BOP tools when the person is not in local custody.
Note: No official Murray County, Slayton Police, or Lyon County Minnesota app-only inmate lookup was confirmed in the research.
Murray County Inmate Fields
The official roster is not a form with user-entered search fields. It displays current list fields. Those display fields are still useful because they identify what staff will likely ask for when a family member, attorney, or records requester calls about a Murray County inmate.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search field | None | n/a | Static HTML custody list; no user-input roster search form found. |
| Date | Display | n/a | Roster date shown at the top. |
| In Custody List | Display | n/a | Roster title. |
| Date and Time of Booking | Display | n/a | Booking date and time for each listed person. |
| Name | Display | n/a | Last, first, middle format observed. |
| Roster number | Display | n/a | Sequential number beside the roster entry. |
| Arresting Agency | Display | n/a | Examples include Murray County, Slayton Police Dept, Lyon County Sheriff, Marshall Police Dept, Minnesota State Patrol, and Tracy Police Dept. |
| Charges | Display | n/a | Charge description text; some entries include statute references. |
| Status | Display | n/a | Observed statuses include Bail Set, Hold Placed, Sentenced, Released Own PR, Book/Release, and Chg Dismissed. |
| Sentence Date | Display | n/a | Blank or date. |
| Actual Completion Date | Display | n/a | Blank or date. |
Murray County Inmate Record Details
The public roster is closer to a list entry than a full inmate profile. It does not replace a jail record request, a court case search, or a criminal-history check. The field inventory below tracks what the inspected roster can show and what it does not show.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Roster date | The date attached to the public custody list. |
| Jail name | Lyon County Jail as the housing roster source. |
| Booking date and time | When the person was booked into custody. |
| Inmate name | The listed name in last, first, middle format where shown. |
| Arresting agency | The agency connected to the booking, which may be Murray County, Slayton Police, state patrol, or another agency. |
| Charge description | Public charge text and sometimes a statutory phrase or citation. |
| Status per charge | Custody or charge status such as Bail Set, Hold Placed, Sentenced, or Released Own PR. |
| Missing fields | No mugshot, date of birth, housing unit, bond amount, court date, release date, or attorney field was observed in the text view. |
Murray County Inmate Contacts
Murray County does not publish its own jail visitation, mail, commissary, or deposit rules because inmates are housed through the Lyon County partnership. The Murray County Sheriff's Office is the local law-enforcement contact, while the housing jail should be confirmed before any visit, mail, property release, or money deposit.
When calling, have the roster date, full name as listed, booking date and time, arresting agency, and charge text. Those details help staff distinguish people with similar names and connect the call to the correct booking. If the person was arrested by Slayton Police or another agency but is housed through Lyon County, ask which office controls the record you need before sending a data request.
Murray County Sheriff's Office
PO Box 57, 2558 29th Street
Slayton, MN 56172
507-836-6168
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Lyon County Jail Roster
Used for Murray County housed inmates
Verify facility contact through official Lyon County sources before travel.
Roster updates every 12 hours per official landing page.
Confirm current custody before visits or mail.
Murray County State Custody Search
Local jail custody is separate from Minnesota Department of Corrections custody. The Minnesota DOC public locator covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction, including some people released under supervision. Newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear.
The Minnesota DOC public locator source assigned in the manifest shows the state search criteria page.
Use DOC when a Murray County case has moved from county jail or court sentencing into state correctional custody.
| DOC Search | Fields | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Name search | First Name and Last Name | Can match conviction-associated names that begin with typed letters. |
| DOC ID search | MNDOC Offender ID | Six digits must be entered fully. |
| Related searches | Registrant search, active DOC fugitives, Haven notifications | For public registrants, fugitives, and custody status updates. |
The DOC individuals and fugitives page links incarcerated search, registrant search, active fugitives, Minnesota Haven, and tip options.
That page is the better route for custody alerts and fugitive tips than a county jail roster entry.
Murray County Federal Inmate Search
Federal custody is not shown on the Lyon County jail list unless a person is temporarily held locally under a specific arrangement. For federal inmates, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present and is separate from county jail, Minnesota DOC, and Murray County District Court case records.
The manifest includes both the BOP name-search screen and the broader BOP locator overview.
The name-search option is useful when no federal register number is known.
The BOP locator overview explains the federal system's inmate search scope.
Federal results should be interpreted separately from Murray County charges, court hearings, and local jail custody.
Murray County Booking and Court Dates
A booking entry may show charge text and status, but it does not prove the final court outcome. The arresting agency field tells who brought the person into custody. Charge text describes what was booked or held. Status fields can show a temporary custody condition, bail status, sentence status, book-and-release status, or charge dismissal note. Those fields can change when court orders, prosecutor decisions, or jail release decisions are entered.
For case outcomes, hearing dates, and the full court record, use MCRO Hearing Search, MCRO Case Search, or the Murray daily court calendar. District Court records, not the roster, show arraignment, Rule 8 hearings, pleas, dispositions, and sentencing entries when public and remotely accessible. Pending criminal and traffic cases may have online display limits, especially when searching by name.
If a roster entry mentions Murray County or Slayton Police as the arresting agency, the matching case may still need time to appear in MCRO. Citation, complaint, prosecutor, and court filing steps do not always happen at the same time as jail booking. If a person was booked and released quickly, the roster may be the only short-term public custody clue until the court file updates.
Murray County Inmate Visits
No official Murray County visitation schedule, mail format, commissary vendor, money-deposit fee schedule, video visit provider, phone provider, attorney-visit rule, or lockdown schedule was located in the official pages reviewed. That absence matters. Do not assume that a Murray County counter can accept funds or property for a person housed in Lyon County.
| Topic | Official Finding | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | Schedule not located in reviewed official sources. | Confirm with the housing jail before travel. |
| Video visitation | Provider not located. | Do not use an unverified vendor. |
| Visitor ID | Specific rule not located. | Bring government ID and call first. |
| Mail format | Official format not located. | Ask the housing jail before mailing items. |
| Money deposits | Vendor and fees not located. | Verify deposit method with the housing jail. |
| Attorney visits | Specific schedule not located. | Attorneys should contact the housing jail and Court Administration. |
Murray County Custody Notifications
For status changes, use Minnesota VINELink or Minnesota Haven where available. The Lyon roster landing page links to Minnesota VINELink, and DOC materials identify Minnesota Haven among custody status resources. Notification systems can help track release or transfer events, but they do not replace direct confirmation when safety, travel, court, or attorney deadlines are involved.
Sheriff data that is not on the public roster may require a Murray County Sheriff's Office data-practices request. Lyon County jail records not shown on the roster should be requested through the appropriate Lyon County records process. Use official agencies, not third-party inmate lists, for records that affect court, custody, employment, housing, or legal decisions.
For fugitive information, DOC lists a 24-hour tip line at 651-603-0026 and references Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Those numbers are for state fugitive or tip information, not routine Murray County jail roster questions. Routine local questions should start with the Sheriff's Office during business hours or the housing jail after custody has been confirmed.
If custody status is tied to a Murray County warrant, probation hold, or court date, check the warrant and District Court record channels as well. Jail records, court records, DOC records, and sheriff data answer related but separate questions.