Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2020. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Iron Mountain, Michigan, in Dickinson County, has about 7,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Dickinson County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Iron Mountain public records, Dickinson County arrest records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Iron Mountain
The FBI lists Iron Mountain with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Iron Mountain Police Department. It reported 9 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 13 arrests for 2020.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Dickinson County: the Dickinson County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Iron Mountain Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Iron Mountain: 9 for 2020 and 65 for 2019.
Iron Mountain's 9 arrests in 2020 were down 86 percent from 65 in 2019.
Across Dickinson County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2020 on file reported 38 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Iron Mountain Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Iron Mountain and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 48 people, down from about 70 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 71 beds, and it ran at 99 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office at dickinsoncountymi.gov/government/county_departments/sheriffs_depart... (page title: Welcome to Dickinson County, MI), phone (906) 774-6262, 705 S. Stephenson Ave. Iron Mountain MI 49801, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Michigan Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Iron Mountain
For Iron Mountain the place to look is the case index of the Dickinson County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.michigan.gov/search/?searchQuery=dickinson+county).
Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.
Michigan is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10 a search, through the Michigan State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Iron Mountain
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension, and it may charge labor and copying, at rates the law caps.
- An arrest by the Iron Mountain police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at ironmountainmi.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1771/FOIA-Request-form-Polic... (page title: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT RECORDS REQUEST Iron Mountain Police Department), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (906) 774-6262.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Dickinson County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.michigan.gov.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Dickinson County guide covers every agency in the county: Dickinson County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Iron Mountain each year?
Iron Mountain reported 9 arrests to the FBI for 2020, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Iron Mountain?
Ask the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office at (906) 774-6262; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at dickinsoncountymi.gov.
Where are people arrested in Iron Mountain booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Iron Mountain?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Michigan State Police: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Iron Mountain?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Iron Mountain police for its own arrests, the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension.
Is this the official Iron Mountain website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.