This website is a private reference site, not a Sanilac County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a jail visit, or retrieve official booking records. Use the appropriate office below for those requests.
Where to Ask in Sanilac County
For current custody status at Sanilac County Jail, call the jail information desk at (810) 648-8338. The Sheriff's Office is at 65 N. Elk Street, Sandusky, MI 48471; its main line is (810) 648-2000, and the lobby is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., excluding holidays.
For arrest, booking, jail, police-report, warrant, or FOIA records, use the Sanilac County Sheriff's Office Records Bureau at the same Elk Street address. The Records Bureau phone is (810) 648-8356, fax is (810) 648-5162, and the public window is Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Court matters after an arrest may route through 73A District Court, 60 West Sanilac, Room 302, Sandusky, MI 48471, phone (810) 648-3250, with the Magistrate Office at (810) 648-3424. Felony and serious criminal matters may move to 24th Circuit Court, Courthouse Room 303, 60 W. Sanilac, Sandusky, MI 48471, phone (810) 648-2120, fax (810) 648-5466. Prosecutor questions route to Sanilac County Prosecuting Attorney Mark E. Davidson, Courthouse Room 314, 60 West Sanilac, Sandusky, MI 48471, phone (810) 648-3402.
Use these starting points based on what you need:
- For someone who may be in Sanilac County Jail, start with jail inmate records and the jail information desk.
- For booking-photo questions, read jail roster mugshots before relying on unofficial image sites.
- For formal charges, hearing dates, or case movement after booking, use court records after a jail arrest.
- For facility address, phone, mail, money, and visit basics, see Sanilac County Jail.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS rather than the county jail phone line.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator, U.S. Marshals/court channels, or ICE ODLS, depending on the custody type.