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 between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Osceola County, Michigan, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Osceola 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 Osceola 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: Osceola County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Osceola County
The Osceola County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Osceola County. It reported 359 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:
- Reed City, 2,531 residents: 110 arrests reported for 2025.
- Evart, 1,782 residents: 17 arrests reported for 2022.
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 Osceola County: the Osceola County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Osceola 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.
- Osceola County Sheriff's Office: 359 for 2025, 399 for 2024, 413 for 2023, 415 for 2022, 278 for 2021 and 266 for 2020.
- Reed City: 110 for 2025, 103 for 2024, 98 for 2023, 120 for 2022, 97 for 2021 and 135 for 2020.
- Evart: 17 for 2022, 37 for 2021, 55 for 2020 and 74 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 469 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 469 in 2025 against 502 in 2024, down 6.6 percent.
Through May 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 199 arrests, against 200 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Osceola County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Osceola 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 2020 the jail held about 44 people, down from about 53 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 77 beds, and it ran at 69 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 Osceola County Sheriff's Office at osceola-county.org/residents/county_departments/sheriff_1/index.php (page title: Sheriff s Department), phone (231) 832-2288, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Osceola County
An arrest in Osceola County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Osceola 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=1167); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at osceola-county.org/residents/county_departments/prosecuting_attorne..., phone (231) 832-3226).
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 Osceola 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 Osceola County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (231) 832-2288.
- An arrest in Reed City or Evart: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Osceola 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, (231) 832-3226, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Osceola 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 Osceola County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the six cities in Osceola County: Reed City and Evart. Marion, Hersey, Le Roy and Tustin 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 Osceola County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Osceola County each year?
The Osceola County Sheriff's Office reported 359 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 469 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Osceola County?
Ask the Osceola County Sheriff's Office at (231) 832-2288; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at osceola-county.org.
Where are people arrested in Osceola County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Osceola County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Osceola 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 Osceola County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Osceola 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 Osceola 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.