Out-of-Town Visitors: How to Get Your One-Time 40-Minute Visit at Dallas County Jail

Dallas County Jail gives out-of-town visitors a special option: if you live more than 75 miles from the Dallas city limits, you can get a one-time 40-minute visit. This isn't an automatic extension every time you come - staff verify your residence at check-in, and the longer visit is granted only once. After that, you'll follow the standard visit duration like everyone else.

Standard visits at Dallas County Jail are short: 20 minutes per day for local visitors. Even if multiple people visit during that period, the time doesn't expand. Plan for a brief, focused visit unless you qualify for the one-time out-of-town exception.

There's also a daily cap: each inmate can receive only one 20-minute visit per day. You can't stack multiple back-to-back visits to create a longer total.

Beyond the daily limit, each inmate can receive a maximum of two visits per week. Attorney, law enforcement, or other professional visits don't count toward that total unless a supervisor approves them as part of the weekly maximum. If you're traveling from out of town, keep the "two visits per week" cap in mind when picking your travel dates.

• ✓ If you live more than 75 miles from the Dallas city limits, you can get one 40-minute visit (your residence is verified at check-in).
• ✓ The 40-minute out-of-town visit is one-time only; after that, visits are 20 minutes.
• ✓ Each inmate is limited to one visit per day.
• ✓ Each inmate may receive a maximum of two visits per week (attorney/law enforcement/professional visits are excluded unless supervisor-approved).

Your out-of-town residence is verified during normal check-in. Plan your arrival around the sign-up window - visitor sign-up begins 30 minutes before visiting hours start. Show up too late and you may miss your chance to be processed, even if you traveled a long way.

Plan your group before you arrive. Dallas County Jail limits visits to no more than four people at a time for one inmate - a maximum of two adults and two minor children. If more family members travel with you, decide ahead of time who will be in the visit, especially if you want to make the most of a one-time 40-minute out-of-town visit.

Bringing kids? The jail handles them differently for visitor listing purposes. Children under 17 aren't placed on the visitor's card, but they can visit on weekends as long as they're accompanied by an adult parent or legal guardian who is on the visitor's card.