Find Lyon County Released Inmates

Understanding Lyon County Releases

A Lyon County jail release ends one local custody episode. It does not always mean the person walked into the community. Bond, personal recognizance, a court order, time served, sentence completion, and dismissal can lead to community release when no other hold remains. A transfer to the Minnesota Department of Corrections, another county, federal custody, or immigration authorities ends the Lyon stay while custody continues elsewhere. Work or school release also lets a participant leave under set rules without creating a final discharge.

The source must match the question. The jail record documents the actual Lyon County exit and disposition. A court record shows the legal authority and case result. Minnesota corrections records cover people committed to the state commissioner, including many who have left prison but remain on supervised release. A person who drops from the current jail roster therefore needs follow-up. Absence alone cannot distinguish freedom from transfer.

Time served

The custodial part ordered by the court has been satisfied.

Discharge

A sentence or supervision term has formally ended.

Supervised release

The community portion of a Minnesota prison sentence, served under conditions.

Detainer

A request or legal basis for another authority to take or keep custody.

Lyon County Release Outcomes

Release language can be narrow. On Lyon County's live report, status appears beside each charge. One count may say “Released Own PR,” “Time Served,” “Chg Dismissed,” or “Book/Release” while another count still holds the person. The report title, “In Custody List,” and the full group of charges control the reading. An “Actual Completion Date” may also be future-facing, so it should not be treated as a past door time without confirmation.

Note: Read every charge row before treating a status label as proof that the person physically left Lyon County Jail.

Read Lyon County Release Records

A focused Lyon County release record answers when custody began, when it ended, why it ended, and whether another agency received the person. The county does not publish a fixed public schema for every release packet. Ask for the fields needed. Protected medical, financial, psychological, security, informant, and active-investigation data may be removed under Minnesota law, but the custodian can separate public facts from protected material.

Minnesota law also creates records beyond the public roster. Minn. Stat. § 299C.14 requires releasing officials to report the period served and terms and conditions of discharge to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. That reporting trail is not a public BCA lookup. For state institutions, § 241.06 requires discharge and transfer entries but limits access to the full institutional record.

Request Lyon County Release Records

The Lyon County Sheriff Data Requests page routes requests to the Records Division during normal business hours. Sheriff Eric Wallen is the county's responsible authority for these data requests. A narrow request is easier to locate and review. Identify the person, aliases, known birth date, booking range, arresting agency, court file, and booking number when available. Ask for existing records rather than demanding a new report.

1. Check the current roster and court file to identify the correct episode.
2. Use the official data request form or send an equally clear written request.
3. Request the booking sheet, admission and actual release times, disposition, public destination, and booking photo.
4. Ask for electronic copies and a cost estimate before chargeable work begins.
5. If part is withheld, ask for segregable public data and the classification supporting each redaction.

The 2026 schedule lists no charge for up to four pages and $0.25 per single-sided page after that, with added preparation possible for more than 100 pages. A printed photograph is $5. Electronic media, shipping, and allowed redaction work use the posted schedule. Lyon County promises no fixed number of days, so describe access as prompt or reasonable under the Data Practices Act.

The county does not publish one archive period for the full booking and release packet. Roster removal is not destruction. Ask whether the named episode remains under the applicable retention schedule. Expungement seals qualifying records from public view; it does not prove that no custody event occurred or erase every government record.

Note: An electronic copy request may cost less than a printed packet, but Lyon County should confirm the estimate first.

Lyon County Release Data Law

Minn. Stat. § 13.03 supplies the general public-access rule. Section 13.85 then protects specified corrections and detention data when disclosure would reveal sensitive personal facts, threaten safety, expose an informant or investigation, or harm facility security. A request should therefore seek the release facts needed and allow lawful redaction.

For court history, Minnesota criminal expungement can seal eligible records. Some waiting periods begin at discharge of sentence, which may occur well after the person leaves Lyon County Jail because probation, supervision, restitution, or other sentence terms remain. A missing remote record must not be explained by guesswork.

When Lyon County Releases Occur

Lyon County Jail policy gives a specific practice for scheduled sentenced releases. Processing begins at about 8:00 a.m. on the planned date, and pickup occurs through the front lobby after 8:00. The policy warns that processing takes time, so the person may not leave at that exact hour. This schedule does not control every bond release or immediate court order.

A precise door time comes from Jail Records, not a forecast. Court action, another hold, paperwork, identity checks, property return, or transfer arrangements may affect physical departure. The current roster refresh cycle is much slower than live jail operations. A same-day question should be checked with the jail and the actual event record.

See the official policy view of release and pickup details below.

The screenshot links scheduled release processing, lobby pickup, bail, and post-release charges to the county's own written policy.

Note: The stated morning practice is for scheduled sentenced releases and should not be applied to every court-order or bond release.

Bond Releases in Lyon County

Bail location changes with the time of day. County policy directs payment from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to the Court Administrator on the courthouse third floor. After those hours, a visitor goes to the jail front lobby and asks for the on-duty sergeant or correctional officer. Personal checks are not accepted. A bondsman may be used only when the court order allows it.

Bond ends the jail episode once processing is complete and no other hold prevents departure. It does not dismiss the pending criminal case. The court order shows the legal terms, while the jail record gives the processed release time. If the roster still includes the person, read every charge because one released count can coexist with another basis for custody.

Travel After a Lyon Release

Community Transit serves Marshall and nearby counties with route and dial-a-ride options. Its current routes and hours should be checked before relying on a trip, or riders can call the Marshall-area number at 507-537-1416. No official source confirms a jail-door stop. A released person or pickup contact should confirm the boarding point, schedule, reservation rules, and service area.

Scheduled Lyon County releases use the jail's front lobby, which gives a pickup contact a clear meeting point. Transfers are different. Someone sent to MNDOC, another county, or another authority does not enter ordinary public transit from that release event. Confirm the disposition first.

Lyon County Release Turnover

A local account of the sheriff's county-board presentation reported 721 bookings in 2025. It described 677 local bookings and 44 held through Murray County's contract. Average daily population was about 28 to 29, and average stay was 13.07 days. The sheriff said most stays were two or three days and generally less than five, while a few long cases raised the mean.

Those figures count bookings, not unique people and not confirmed releases. They still show why a current snapshot misses much past activity. A person can enter and leave between widely spaced checks, and the roster provides no historical release archive.

Note: Booking totals measure custody episodes, so one person booked more than once can appear in the total more than once.

Fees After Lyon County Release

Lyon County's pay-for-stay policy creates a separate financial issue after custody. Under the county policy citing Minn. Stat. § 641.12, subd. 3, convicted inmates are charged $20 per day, including credited days. The invoice may be handed over or mailed at release. Payment or an arrangement is due within 30 days.

A written waiver request must reach the sheriff or jail administrator within five days after release or receipt of the invoice. The county says an unresolved account moves to collections after the stated period. This bill is not the criminal case disposition, a release condition, or proof of supervision. Questions should go to the jail office responsible for the invoice.

Find Lyon County Released Inmates

Start with the custody system that actually held the person. Lyon County Jail, MNDOC, BOP, ICE, and USMS do not share one public historical search. Use two sources when the difference between community release and transfer matters.

1. Open the official Lyon roster. Presence supports current reported jail custody; absence proves only that the person is not on that snapshot.
2. Search Minnesota VINE for a county custody event and read whether it says release, bond release, court-order release, transfer, or another event.
3. Search MCRO by court file number. Read the order and Register of Actions, not only the daily calendar.
4. For an executed state sentence, use the MNDOC Public Viewer and distinguish current status, anticipated date, and sentence expiration.
5. For federal custody, use BOP and the federal docket. Treat ICE's locator as a current-custody tool.
6. Request the Lyon jail release transaction when online sources do not settle the question.

The Lyon County 24-Hour Release List page applies this fallback chain to same-day events. Jail Reception/Records is the direct route when the precise time or destination matters now.

MNDOC Lyon Release Search

The MNDOC Public Viewer covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections who remain under state jurisdiction. That can include a person in prison and a person released into community supervision. It does not cover a jail-only Lyon case, and it does not promise a permanent record after final discharge.

The exact public label is “Anticipated Release Date.” A certified case summary separately uses “Projected Release Date” and “Parole/Supervised Release Eligibility Date.” Those labels should not be merged. If the current status says incarcerated, a date that has passed is not enough to declare release.

The official Minnesota corrections search interface is pictured below.

Its search fields and coverage statement help determine whether a Lyon County case belongs in the state system at all.

Note: Newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear, while fully discharged people may fall outside the viewer's stated scope.

Lyon County Recent Release Lookup

Lyon County publishes a current roster, not a recent-release feed. The county says the roster updates every 12 hours, and the direct report is titled “In Custody List.” No official rolling 24-hour, 48-hour, or 72-hour release page was found. There is also no documented sheriff mobile jail app. The honest recent-release path is the roster, VINE, Jail Records, a focused request, and the court file.

The roster displays a booking photo, name, booking time, arresting agency, charge, per-charge status, sentence date, and “Actual Completion Date.” It does not present a past-person release archive. Its status values must be read charge by charge.

The county's roster and VINE explanation appears below.

The official wording shows both the roster's current-custody scope and the separate county-jail notification route.

Note: A short booking and release can occur between roster updates, which makes a targeted records request more reliable for history.

Lyon Court Release Evidence

Lyon County District Court belongs to Minnesota's Fifth Judicial District. Its public calendar posts at 7:00 a.m. each business day and updates hourly. That calendar is a schedule, not proof that a hearing occurred or a person left custody. The Minnesota Court Records Online system, known as MCRO, provides the more durable case trail.

Use the court file number when possible. Remote person-name criminal searching excludes pending cases unless a conviction has been entered, so a name miss can reflect search scope. Read the Register of Actions and the actual bail, dismissal, sentencing, probation, discharge, or amended-custody order. A judge supplies legal authority. Lyon Jail Records supplies the processed door time and whether another hold prevented release.

The official Lyon District Court contact and calendar page is shown below.

This court source helps trace the order while keeping the court schedule separate from the jail's release event.

Lyon County Release Supervision

Post-release responsibility depends on the sentence and offense level. MNDOC's Marshall office handles adult felony supervision. Lyon County Probation handles adult misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors. Probation is commonly ordered by the court and does not prove that the person served a state prison term. Supervised release follows the prison portion of a modern executed Minnesota sentence. Parole applies mainly to the limited life, old indeterminate, and specified juvenile cases within the Supervised Release Board's authority.

For a released state prisoner, the MNDOC Public Viewer may show a community status plus the caseworker and phone. Check MCRO first to identify the conviction level and route the inquiry to the right office. An active MNDOC fugitive entry means the person is alleged to have violated conditions and evaded supervision. It is not proof of a new Lyon County Jail booking. Current jail custody still requires the roster or booking record.

Lyon Release Alerts and Transfers

Minnesota VINE covers county jail and detention events. Search a specific person, select the matching Lyon facility record, and read the event language exactly. Release, bond release, and court-order release differ from transfer, escape, record purge, unsupervised custody, or death. A VINE result still may not reveal the final destination.

State prison notifications use Minnesota Haven and MNDOC Victim Assistance, not a Lyon VINE registration. For a federal prison term, the BOP Inmate Locator can show a release date or “Released/Not in BOP Custody.” That proves BOP custody ended, not that all custody or federal supervision ended. ICE's locator is current-custody oriented, and USMS has no matching public historical locator. Court records and the actual agency fill those gaps.

Note: A “not found” response from ICE is not release proof because spelling, transfer, timing, and locator scope can change results.

Compare Lyon County Release Sources

Each system answers a different question. A current roster should never stand in for a release archive, and a future date should never stand in for an observed departure.

Lyon County Release Facility

Lyon County Jail is the only adult correctional facility in the county identified for its own page. The sheriff operates it at the Law Enforcement Center beside the courthouse. It holds local arrests, pretrial detainees, local sentenced people, violators, people awaiting state transfer, and some people held for other authorities. A roster agency label does not by itself identify who will release or receive the person.

The current jail began full operations in 2010. County material calls it an 87-bed designed facility. The 2024 MNDOC inspection lists secure coed capacity of 88 and an 85-percent operational figure of 74.8. These are different sourced measures, not a conflict to erase. The facility page explains its release desk, scheduled-release practice, records route, program release, and transfer paths.

Prairie Lakes Youth Programs serves as an out-of-county secure juvenile placement when needed, but it is not part of this adult search workflow and receives no adult facility page. No state prison, federal prison, municipal adult jail, or dedicated ICE detention center was found within Lyon County.