Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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.
Charlevoix County, Michigan, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and one state agency. An arrest 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 Charlevoix County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Charlevoix County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Charlevoix County
The Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Charlevoix County. It reported 271 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Boyne City, 3,821 residents: 88 arrests reported for 2025.
- Charlevoix, 2,332 residents: 56 arrests reported for 2025.
- East Jordan, 2,243 residents: 30 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Charlevoix County: the Charlevoix County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Charlevoix County
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.
- Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office: 271 for 2025, 306 for 2024, 403 for 2023, 265 for 2022, 290 for 2021 and 227 for 2020.
- Boyne City: 88 for 2025, 91 for 2024, 39 for 2023, 102 for 2022, 130 for 2021 and 91 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Charlevoix: 56 for 2025, 53 for 2024, 60 for 2023, 48 for 2022, 63 for 2021 and 64 for 2020.
- East Jordan: 30 for 2025, 23 for 2024, 25 for 2023, 21 for 2022, 20 for 2021 and 37 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 445 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 445 in 2025 against 473 in 2024, down 5.9 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Charlevoix County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Charlevoix County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 49 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 89 beds, and it ran at 55 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 Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office at charlevoixcounty.org/charlevoix_county_sheriff/corrections.php (page title: County of Charlevoix, MI), phone 231-547-4461, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Charlevoix County
Whether someone was arrested in Charlevoix County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Charlevoix County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at charlevoixcounty.org/the_33rd_circuit_court/index.php, phone 231-547-7243); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at charlevoixcounty.org/prosecuting_attorney/index.php, phone 231-547-7207).
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 Charlevoix County
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 Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 231-547-4461.
- An arrest in Boyne City, Charlevoix or East Jordan: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Charlevoix County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 231-547-7207, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Charlevoix County Circuit Court, through the court records page at charlevoixcounty.org, phone 231-547-7243.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Charlevoix County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the four cities in Charlevoix County: Boyne City, Charlevoix and East Jordan. Boyne Falls has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Charlevoix County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Charlevoix County each year?
The Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office reported 271 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 445 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Charlevoix County?
Ask the Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office at 231-547-4461; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at charlevoixcounty.org.
Where are people arrested in Charlevoix County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Charlevoix County?
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 Charlevoix County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.