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.
Wexford County, Michigan, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wexford 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 Wexford 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: Wexford County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wexford County
The Wexford County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wexford County. It reported 345 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Wexford County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Cadillac, 10,521 residents: 348 arrests reported for 2025.
- Manton, 1,530 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Wexford County: the Wexford County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Wexford 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.
- Cadillac: 348 for 2025, 371 for 2024, 413 for 2023, 425 for 2022, 349 for 2021 and 409 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Wexford County Sheriff's Office: 345 for 2025, 315 for 2024, 503 for 2023, 368 for 2022, 389 for 2021 and 416 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Manton: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2021, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 693 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 693 in 2025 against 686 in 2024, up 1 percent.
Through March 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 190 arrests, against 169 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wexford County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wexford 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 2020 the jail held about 40 people, up from about 39 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Wexford County Sheriff's Office at wexfordsheriff.org/inmate-accounts (page title: Inmate Accounts | Wexford County Sheriff's Office), phone (231) 779-9216, 1015 Lincoln St. Cadillac MI 49601, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Michigan Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Wexford County
For Wexford County the place to look is the case index of the Wexford 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/search/?searchQuery=wexford+county).
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 Wexford County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Wexford County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (231) 779-9216.
- An arrest in Cadillac or Manton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the Wexford County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wexford County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.michigan.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at wexfordcounty.org/?page_id=510 (page title: Register of Deeds Fax Request Form | Wexford County Michigan).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Wexford County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the five cities in Wexford County: Cadillac and Manton. Buckley, Mesick and Harrietta 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 Wexford County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Wexford County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Cadillac (10,521)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wexford County each year?
Cadillac reported 348 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 693 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Wexford County?
Ask the Wexford County Sheriff's Office at (231) 779-9216; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at wexfordsheriff.org/inmate-accounts.
Where are people arrested in Wexford County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wexford County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wexford 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 Wexford County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wexford 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 wexfordcounty.org/?page_id=510.
Is this the official Wexford 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.