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 October 4, 2026.
Huron County, Michigan, has about 31,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Huron County Sheriff's Office, 11 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 Huron 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: Huron County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Huron County
The Huron County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Huron County. It reported 135 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside ten 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:
- Bad Axe, 2,966 residents: 57 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sebewaing, 1,695 residents: 5 arrests reported for 2025.
- Harbor Beach, 1,566 residents: 22 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pigeon, 1,190 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ubly, 831 residents: 3 arrests reported for 2025.
- Elkton, 782 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2025.
- Port Austin, 654 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Caseville, 640 residents: 14 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kinde, 431 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Owendale, 260 residents: 1 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 Huron County: the Huron County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Huron County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Huron County Sheriff's Office: 135 for 2025, 154 for 2024, 140 for 2023, 144 for 2022, 167 for 2021 and 136 for 2020.
- Bad Axe: 57 for 2025, 73 for 2024, 39 for 2023, 47 for 2022, 25 for 2021 and 41 for 2020.
- Harbor Beach: 22 for 2025, 25 for 2024, 28 for 2023, 36 for 2022, 47 for 2021 and 50 for 2020.
- Caseville: 14 for 2025, 4 for 2024, 4 for 2023, 5 for 2022, 3 for 2021 and 5 for 2020.
- Sebewaing: 5 for 2025, 14 for 2023, 11 for 2022, 2 for 2021, 1 for 2020 and 4 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
- Ubly: 3 for 2025, 7 for 2024, 3 for 2023, 4 for 2022, 7 for 2021 and 3 for 2020.
- Elkton: 1 for 2025, 2 for 2024, 9 for 2023, 11 for 2022, 2 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
- Owendale: 1 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 2 for 2022, 2 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
- Kinde: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
- Pigeon: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
- Port Austin: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 1 for 2022, 1 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
- Fair Haven Township: 0 for 2023, 2 for 2022, 0 for 2021, 1 for 2020 and 1 for 2019.
Together, the 11 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 238 arrests that year. The nine of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 233 in 2025 against 265 in 2024, down 12 percent.
Fair Haven Township reported only part of 2025 (3 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Huron County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Huron County 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 38 people, down from about 55 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 70 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 jail page of the Huron County Sheriff's Office at co.huron.mi.us/sheriffs-jail-info (page title: Jail Info | huroncounty), phone (989)269-6424, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Huron County
For Huron County the place to look is the case index of the Huron County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.huron.mi.us/district-court-record-checks, phone (989) 269-9987).
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 Huron County
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 Huron County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (989)269-6424.
- An arrest in Bad Axe, Sebewaing, Harbor Beach, Pigeon, Ubly, Elkton or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Huron County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Huron County Circuit Court, through the court records page at co.huron.mi.us/district-court-record-checks, phone (989) 269-9987.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Huron County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for ten of the 11 cities in Huron County: Bad Axe, Sebewaing, Harbor Beach, Pigeon, Ubly, Elkton, Port Austin, Caseville, Kinde and Owendale. Port Hope has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Fair Haven Township Police Department as a city agency in Huron County; Fair Haven Township is not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Huron County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Huron County each year?
The Huron County Sheriff's Office reported 135 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 11 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 238 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Huron County?
Ask the Huron County Sheriff's Office at (989)269-6424; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.huron.mi.us/sheriffs-jail-info.
Where are people arrested in Huron County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Huron County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Huron 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 Huron County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Huron 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 Huron 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.