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.
Cheboygan County, Michigan, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cheboygan County is held at the county jail, run by the Cheboygan 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: Cheboygan County public records, Cheboygan County arrest records, Cheboygan County warrants, Cheboygan County criminal records, Cheboygan County court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Cheboygan County
The county jail, run by the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Cheboygan County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office at cheboygancounty.net/courts-law-enforcement/sheriffs-department (page title: Sheriff's Department Cheboygan County Michigan), phone (231) 627-3155, 3155 Office 870 South Main Street P.O. Box 70 Cheboygan, MI 49721, 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) 627-3155.
The Cheboygan County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 75 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 103 beds, and it ran at 73 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cheboygan County has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 29 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cheboygan County Jail
The Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Cheboygan make the arrests that end in a booking in Cheboygan County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Cheboygan County: the Cheboygan County State Police (state police).
The Mackinaw City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Cheboygan County, so its arrests are not broken out for Cheboygan County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office's 226 for 2025, Cheboygan's 87 for 2025 and Tuscarora Township's 54 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Cheboygan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 367 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 Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan County?
Ask the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office at (231) 627-3155; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cheboygancounty.net.
How many people are in the Cheboygan County jail?
About 75 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 103 beds.
What is the phone number for the Cheboygan County jail?
(231) 627-3155, the number on the page of the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan 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.