Dallas Marshal's Office and City Detention Center Overview
Dallas Marshal's Office and City Detention Center is operated by City of Dallas Court and Detention Services / Dallas Marshal's Office at 1600 Chestnut St., Dallas, TX 75226. The official City of Dallas page says the detention center is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The phone number for detention questions is 214-670-3999.
This is municipal detention. It may hold people under City of Dallas custody before release, court handling, or transfer to the Dallas County jail. Do not apply Dallas County jail visitation, mail, money, or bond rules to this city facility unless the person has transferred into county custody. If transfer occurs, use the Dallas County Jail Lookup and the county jail phone line.
The City of Dallas detention location page is the official source for the city detention address and phone.
Use that city page before assuming a recent Dallas municipal arrest has already moved into the county jail roster.
Dallas City Detention Capacity and Population
The extracted official notes did not locate a City of Dallas detention capacity or current population figure. Because no sourced capacity was found, this page should not assign a bed count or population total to the city detention center. The relevant Dallas County capacity figures apply only after a person enters Dallas County jail custody.
How to Look Up Someone in Dallas City Detention
Start with the City of Dallas detention phone line for short-term municipal custody. If city staff indicates transfer to county jail, use Dallas County Jail Lookup. If the person was sentenced to state prison, search TDCJ. If the person is in federal custody, search BOP. If the issue is immigration detention, use ICE's detainee locator.
- Open the Dallas County Jail Lookup search page.
- Search by the available name fields, book-in number, or case number when known.
- Open the matching profile and confirm the book-in number, date of birth, jail location, and tank location.
- Use the jail information line if the profile is missing, stale, or inconsistent with a recent arrest.
If a recent city arrest is not visible, check the municipal channel as well. Dallas, Garland, Irving, and Mesquite each have city custody paths that may show short-term custody before transfer to Dallas County.
Dallas Marshal's Office and City Detention Center Address and Contact
Use the city detention phone number for immediate Dallas municipal custody questions. Use Dallas County jail numbers only after a person has transferred to the county jail.
Dallas Marshal's Office and City Detention Center
1600 Chestnut St.
Dallas, TX 75226
214-670-3999
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Visiting Someone in Dallas City Detention
Facility-specific city visitation details were not located in the extracted official notes. Because this is short-term municipal custody, call 214-670-3999 before traveling. If the person has moved to Dallas County jail, follow the county visitation schedule by last name and the SmartInmate video visitation rules.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | Call first | City detention access not captured |
| After county transfer | County schedule applies | Dallas County jail |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Dallas City Detention
City-specific mail, phone, and commissary details were not captured in the official research. Do not send Dallas County jail mail or deposits unless the person has transferred to Dallas County custody and has a county book-in number.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| City custody | Call 214-670-3999 for current instructions |
| County transfer | Use Dallas County mail, SmartInmate, and Access Corrections only after county booking |
| State or federal custody | Use TDCJ, BOP, or ICE rules as applicable |
Booking and Intake at Dallas City Detention
A City of Dallas custody event may remain at the municipal detention center briefly before release, court handling, or transfer. That timing can explain why a person is not immediately visible in the Dallas County jail lookup. Use the city phone line first for city custody and the county lookup after transfer.
If a case moves beyond short-term city detention, the correct public record may shift to Dallas County jail, Dallas County courts, TDCJ, BOP, or ICE. The search path should follow the actual custody system, not the arresting city alone.
About Dallas Marshal's Office and City Detention Center
Dallas County's custody map has a municipal layer, and the Dallas city detention center is one of the clearest examples. A recent Dallas arrest may require a city-level check before Dallas County jail records appear. That does not make the city detention center a county jail, and it does not make county bond, visitation, mail, or commissary rules automatic.
Note: Confirm current custody, housing, and visitation status with Dallas County before traveling, scheduling video visitation, or sending money.
Dallas County Custody Routing
This facility should be read within the larger Dallas County custody map. The county jail roster, city detention lists, TDCJ locator, BOP locator, ICE locator, court records, and public-information request channels each answer a different question. A missing result in one system is not proof that the person is not in custody. It often means the arrest is still at a city detention center, the person has moved from county jail to state or federal custody, the record has not refreshed, or the searcher is using a county roster for a non-county custody status.
For Dallas County jail custody, the practical fallback is the Dallas County Jail Lookup, then the jail information line at 214-761-9025, then the sheriff public-information request path or Records Division at 214-653-2677 for records that are not online. For a recent municipal arrest, Dallas city detention, Garland, Irving, and Mesquite custody channels can matter before a county transfer. For sentenced state prisoners, use TDCJ inmate search and IVSS. For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator. For immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator and confirm whether the person is under the Dallas Field Office context or at a regional facility outside Dallas County.
Record details also change as the case moves. A jail profile may show book-in number, tank location, charges, warrant number, magistrate, and bond, while the later court record may show the formal complaint, information, indictment, amended charge, dismissal, plea, conviction, or disposition. Dallas County research did not confirm a universal release-retention period for the jail roster, a separate city-to-county transfer clock, or a facility-specific public update time for every custody channel. When timing matters, verify through the agency that controls the current custody record before visiting, sending money, relying on a bond amount, or assuming release.