Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 October 4, 2026.
Mount Clemens, Michigan, in Macomb County, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). 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 Macomb County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Mount Clemens public records, Macomb County arrest records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Mount Clemens
The FBI lists no arrest reporting agency under the name of Mount Clemens. In Macomb County the county agency that reports arrests is the Macomb County Sheriff's Office.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Macomb County: the Macomb County State Police (state police); Macomb Community College (campus police); the Stony Creek Metropark Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (other).
Booking: Where People Arrested in Mount Clemens Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Mount Clemens 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 2024 the jail held about 910 people, down from about 1,030 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,082 beds, and it ran at 79 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Macomb County Sheriff's Office at macombgov.org/departments/sheriffs-office/locate-inmate (page title: Locate an inmate), phone 586-469-5151, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Mount Clemens
Whether someone was arrested in Mount Clemens, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Macomb County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Macomb County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at macombgov.org/departments/clerk-register-deeds/court-records, phone 586-469-5353); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at macombgov.org/departments/prosecutors-office, phone 586-469-5350).
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 Mount Clemens
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Mount Clemens police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at mountclemens.gov, phone (586) 469-6800, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
- An arrest by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 586-469-5151.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 586-469-5350, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Macomb County Circuit Court, through the court records page at macombgov.org, phone 586-469-5353.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Macomb County guide covers every agency in the county: Macomb County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Mount Clemens?
Look on the custody page of the Macomb County Sheriff's Office at macombgov.org, or call 586-469-5151. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Mount Clemens booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Mount Clemens?
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 Mount Clemens?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Macomb County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension.
Is this the official Mount Clemens 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.