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.
Leelanau County, Michigan, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Leelanau County is held at the county jail, run by the Leelanau 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Leelanau County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Leelanau County is held at the county jail, run by the Leelanau County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Leelanau County Sheriff's Office at leelanau.gov/departments/sheriff/divisions/corrections.php, phone (231) 256-8661, 8525 E. Government Center Dr. Suttons Bay, MI 49682, 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) 256-8661.
The Leelanau County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 19 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 72 beds, and it ran at 26 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Leelanau County has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 8 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Leelanau County Jail
The Leelanau County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Leelanau County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Leelanau County: the Leelanau County State Police (state police).
The Traverse City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Leelanau County, so its arrests are not broken out for Leelanau County here.
The Leelanau County Sheriff's Office reported 105 arrests to the FBI for 2025. 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 Leelanau County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Leelanau County serves the sentence in a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Leelanau County?
Ask the Leelanau County Sheriff's Office at (231) 256-8661; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at leelanau.gov.
How many people are in the Leelanau County jail?
About 19 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 72 beds.
What is the phone number for the Leelanau County jail?
(231) 256-8661, the number on the page of the Leelanau County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Leelanau 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 Leelanau 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.