Cheboygan County Released Inmates is a private reference, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody or release, pull an official booking record, post bond, or cause anyone to be released. Direct those requests to the public office that holds the record or controls the custody decision.
Choose the Official Record Holder
Several agencies at the 870 South Main government complex handle different parts of a Cheboygan case. A shared address does not create a shared record counter. Use the contact that matches the custody system and the kind of proof needed.
Cheboygan County Sheriff and Jail
870 S. Main Street
Cheboygan, MI 49721
Mailing: P.O. Box 70, Cheboygan, MI 49721
Main and nonemergency phone: 231-627-3155
Fax: 231-627-8880
Sheriff Todd Ross: sheriff@cheboygancounty.net
Jail Administrator Lt. Brenda Beckwith: bbeckwith@cheboygancounty.net
Jail Administrator phone: 231-627-3155 ext. 433
The county does not publish general Sheriff’s Office or jail public counter hours in the research sources. Call before visiting. The jail can address present local custody questions, while an existing booking and release transaction is the strongest durable record of a local exit or transfer.
Sheriff FOIA Requests
Use the Sheriff’s Department route on the Cheboygan County FOIA page. A request may use the county form or another sufficiently descriptive writing, including a letter, fax, or email. Mark it “FOIA” or “FOIA Request.” It may be delivered or mailed to the Sheriff’s Department address above, faxed to 231-627-8880, or sent through the sheriff contact listed in the county material.
Ask for existing records and identify the person, booking, and date range. Useful fields can include the release date and time, disposition or reason, and receiving agency or transfer field. The sheriff’s summary describes a five-business-day response period and one possible ten-business-day extension. Fax or email requests are treated as received on the next business day. If an estimated fee exceeds $50, a 50 percent deposit may be required. No flat fee for a release record or booking photograph is published.
Cheboygan Courts
870 S. Main Street, P.O. Box 70
Cheboygan, MI 49721
Phone: 231-627-8809
Fax: 231-627-8444
Email: d89@cheboygancounty.net
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
870 S. Main Street
Cheboygan, MI 49721
Phone: 231-627-8818
Email: 53circuit@cheboygancounty.net
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The 89th District Court handles misdemeanors and early felony stages. The County Clerk maintains 53rd Circuit Court files. Contact the correct court for a bond order, disposition, judgment, probation order, or certified court record. A court order establishes legal authority, while the sheriff record shows when the jail carried it out.
Michigan Corrections Contacts
870 S. Main, County Building Room 218
P.O. Box 70, Cheboygan, MI 49721
Phone: 231-627-8805
The local field office verifies MDOC felony parole or probation issues. Its public directory does not state office hours. For a state-prison profile, use the Michigan OTIS offender search. Send MDOC public-record requests to MDOC-FOIA@michigan.gov. The agency lists MDOC-Records_Retention@michigan.gov for past-prisoner records up to six years after release.
The Michigan Parole Board publishes 517-373-0270 and Parole-Board-Staff@michigan.gov. Its stated business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A Board decision does not prove the exact time a prison release occurred.
Where Each Question Goes
The fastest route starts with the event or record, not with a broad request to every office:
- For a named Cheboygan County jail release or release transaction, start with the Sheriff’s Office and the released-person record path.
- For post-release felony supervision, use the Parole / Probation resource and the local MDOC field office.
- For an exact recent-release interval, follow the Released Last 24 Hours fallback because Cheboygan publishes no official feed.
- For an MDOC date or notice, use Inmate Release Date or the VINELink Release Check, then confirm with the responsible agency.
- For the only verified local detention facility, use the Cheboygan County Jail page and official jail contact above.
- For a federal prison record, use the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator. A BOP result does not confirm a county-jail release.
- For current immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. A missing result is not a historical release record.