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 on September 23, 2026.
Lapeer County, Michigan, has about 89,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lapeer County Sheriff's Office, six 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 Lapeer 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: Lapeer County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lapeer County
The Lapeer County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lapeer County. It reported 459 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists six cities in Lapeer County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Lapeer, 9,146 residents: 234 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lapeer (township), 9,146 residents: 6 arrests reported for 2025.
- Imlay City, 3,749 residents: 70 arrests reported for 2025.
- Almont, 2,844 residents: 12 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dryden, 1,031 residents: 14 arrests reported for 2025.
- Metamora, 605 residents: 47 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 Brown City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lapeer County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lapeer County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Lapeer County: the Lapeer County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Lapeer 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.
- Lapeer County Sheriff's Office: 459 for 2025, 524 for 2024, 458 for 2023, 445 for 2022, 483 for 2021 and 639 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Lapeer: 234 for 2025, 240 for 2024, 246 for 2023, 260 for 2022, 198 for 2021 and 171 for 2020.
- Imlay City: 70 for 2025, 38 for 2024, 69 for 2023, 31 for 2022, 23 for 2021 and 25 for 2020.
- Metamora: 47 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 41 for 2023, 32 for 2022, 33 for 2021 and 34 for 2020.
- Dryden: 14 for 2025, 21 for 2024, 34 for 2023, 24 for 2022, 26 for 2021 and 11 for 2020.
- Almont: 12 for 2025, 29 for 2024, 38 for 2023, 44 for 2022, 51 for 2021 and 34 for 2020.
- Lapeer (township): 6 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 4 for 2023, 2 for 2022, 5 for 2021 and 6 for 2020.
Together, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 842 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 842 in 2025 against 877 in 2024, down 4 percent.
Through August 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 584 arrests, against 585 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lapeer County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lapeer 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 2020 the jail held about 43 people, down from about 88 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 123 beds, and it ran at 72 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 Lapeer County Sheriff's Office at lapeercountymi.gov/departments/sheriff/index.php (page title: Lapeer County, MI), phone 810-664-1801, Monday-Friday: 8am to 4pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Lapeer County
Whether someone was arrested in Lapeer County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Lapeer County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.michigan.gov/case-search/?resultType=cases&aBarNumber=1144); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at lapeercountymi.gov/departments/prosecutor.php, phone 810-667-0326).
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 Lapeer 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 Lapeer County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 810-664-1801.
- An arrest in Lapeer, Lapeer (township), Imlay City, Almont, Dryden or Metamora: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Lapeer 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, 810-667-0326, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lapeer County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.michigan.gov.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Lapeer County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for six of the nine cities in Lapeer County: Lapeer, Lapeer (township), Imlay City, Almont, Dryden and Metamora. North Branch, Columbiaville, Otter Lake and Clifford have 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 Lapeer County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lapeer County each year?
The Lapeer County Sheriff's Office reported 459 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the seven agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 842 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lapeer County?
Ask the Lapeer County Sheriff's Office at 810-664-1801; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lapeercountymi.gov.
Where are people arrested in Lapeer County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lapeer County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lapeer 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 Lapeer County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lapeer 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 Lapeer 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.