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.
Midland County, Michigan, has about 84,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Midland County Sheriff's Office, two 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 Midland 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: Midland County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Midland County
The Midland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Midland County. It reported 301 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two 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:
- Midland, 42,780 residents: 253 arrests reported for 2025.
- Coleman, 1,262 residents: 12 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Midland County: the Midland County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Midland 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.
- Midland County Sheriff's Office: 301 for 2025, 360 for 2024, 356 for 2023, 266 for 2022 and 221 for 2021.
- Midland: 253 for 2025, 288 for 2024, 263 for 2023, 134 for 2022, 182 for 2021 and 180 for 2020.
- Coleman: 12 for 2024, 1 for 2022, 6 for 2021, 5 for 2020 and 8 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 554 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 554 in 2025 against 648 in 2024, down 15 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 380 arrests, against 368 in the same months of 2025.
Coleman reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Midland County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Midland 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 2023 the jail held about 170 people, down from about 220 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 274 beds, and it ran at 63 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 Midland County Sheriff's Office at co.midland.mi.us/index.php?section=jail&cas_cscid=56&casid=335 (page title: County of Midland, MI | USA), 2727 Rodd Street Midland, MI 48640, Mon-Fri (8am - 5 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Midland County
Whether someone was arrested in Midland County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Midland County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at midlandcountymi.gov/midland-courts, phone (989) 832-6735); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at midlandcountymi.gov/prosecuting-attorney, phone (989) 832-6393).
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 Midland 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 Midland County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Midland or Coleman: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Midland 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, (989) 832-6393, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Midland County Circuit Court, through the court records page at midlandcountymi.gov/midland-courts, phone (989) 832-6735.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at midlandcountymi.nextrequest.com (page title: Public Records PortalNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Midland County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Midland County: Midland and Coleman. Sanford has 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 Midland County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Midland County each year?
The Midland County Sheriff's Office reported 301 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 554 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Midland County?
Ask the Midland County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.midland.mi.us.
Where are people arrested in Midland County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Midland County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Midland 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 Midland County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Midland 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at midlandcountymi.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Midland 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.