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). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Charlevoix County is held at the county jail, run by the Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Charlevoix County public records, Charlevoix County arrest records, Charlevoix County warrants, Charlevoix County criminal records, Charlevoix County court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Charlevoix County
The county jail, run by the Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Charlevoix County, from every agency.
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.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 231-547-4461.
The Charlevoix County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Charlevoix County has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 19 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Charlevoix County Jail
The Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Boyne City, Charlevoix and East Jordan make the arrests that end in a booking in Charlevoix County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Charlevoix County: the Charlevoix County State Police (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office's 271 for 2025, Boyne City's 88 for 2025 and Charlevoix's 56 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Charlevoix County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 445 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Charlevoix County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Michigan Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Charlevoix County?
Ask the Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office at 231-547-4461; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at charlevoixcounty.org.
How many people are in the Charlevoix County jail?
About 49 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 89 beds.
What is the phone number for the Charlevoix County jail?
231-547-4461, the number on the page of the Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Charlevoix County go?
To a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
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.