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.
Montmorency County, Michigan, has about 9,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Montmorency County Sheriff's Office 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 Montmorency 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: Montmorency County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Montmorency County
The Montmorency County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Montmorency County. It reported 37 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Montmorency County: the Montmorency County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The Montmorency County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Montmorency County Sheriff's Office: 37 for 2025, 23 for 2024, 36 for 2023, 52 for 2022, 55 for 2021 and 41 for 2020.
Through September 2026, Montmorency County Sheriff's Office reported 20 arrests, against 30 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Montmorency County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Montmorency 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 2021 the jail held about 9 people, down from about 14 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2021 was 42 beds, and it ran at 21 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 Montmorency County Sheriff's Office at montmorencysheriff.com/jail-information (page title: Jail Information | Montmorency County Sheriff's Department), 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 Montmorency County
For Montmorency County the place to look is the case index of the Montmorency County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at montmorencycourts.com/case-search).
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 Montmorency 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 Montmorency County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the Montmorency County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Montmorency County Circuit Court, through the court records page at montmorencycourts.com/case-search.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at montmorencysheriff.com (page title: Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) | Montmorency County Sheriff's Department).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Montmorency County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Montmorency County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Montmorency County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Montmorency County each year?
The Montmorency County Sheriff's Office reported 37 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Montmorency County?
Ask the Montmorency County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at montmorencysheriff.com/jail-information.
Where are people arrested in Montmorency County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Montmorency County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Montmorency 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 Montmorency County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Montmorency 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 montmorencysheriff.com.
Is this the official Montmorency 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.