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). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lapeer County is held at the county jail, run by the Lapeer 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: Lapeer County public records, Lapeer County arrest records, Lapeer County warrants, Lapeer County criminal records, Lapeer County court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Lapeer County
The county jail, run by the Lapeer County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Lapeer County, from every agency.
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.
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 810-664-1801.
The Lapeer County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Lapeer County has about 89,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 5 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Lapeer County Jail
The Lapeer County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Lapeer, Lapeer (township), Imlay City, Almont, Dryden and Metamora make the arrests that end in a booking in Lapeer County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Lapeer County: the Lapeer County State Police (state police).
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 largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Lapeer County Sheriff's Office's 459 for 2025, Lapeer's 234 for 2025 and Imlay City's 70 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Lapeer County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 842 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 Lapeer 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 Lapeer County?
Ask the Lapeer County Sheriff's Office at 810-664-1801; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lapeercountymi.gov.
How many people are in the Lapeer County jail?
About 43 on an average day in 2020, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 123 beds.
What is the phone number for the Lapeer County jail?
810-664-1801, the number on the page of the Lapeer County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Lapeer 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 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.