This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, arrange a release, post bond, pull an official booking record, or change a jail or court file. Use the official office listed below for custody, bond, records, court, state-prison, federal, or immigration questions.
Where to Direct a Custody or Records Question
Chippewa County Sheriff's Office and Chippewa County Correctional Facility
325 Court Street
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
Sheriff: Mike Bitnar
Sheriff's Office: 906-635-6355
Sheriff's fax: 906-635-6336
Corrections/Jail: 906-635-7620
Central Dispatch non-emergency: 906-495-3312
Emergencies: 911
The Sheriff's business office is staffed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The jail is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For a newly booked person, bond question, or arraignment question, the jail phone line is the most direct local starting point.
Chippewa County FOIA Coordinator / County Administrator's Office
Chippewa County Building
319 Court Street
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
Fax: 906-635-6325
FOIA email listed in public summary: kchurch@chippewacountymi.gov
FOIA email also listed in county policy: foia@chippewacountymi.gov
Use the following paths based on the type of record or custody system involved.
- For someone held at the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the Corrections/Jail phone number, 906-635-7620.
- For booking photos, use the jail roster mugshots page and the county FOIA process when a public copy is needed.
- For charges filed after booking, check court records after a jail arrest. The 91st District Court record-search contact is Clerk Kim Forsythe at 906-635-7613 or kforsythe@chippewacountymi.gov, and the public access computer is available through the court process.
- For 50th Circuit Court criminal documents, call the Clerk at 906-635-6300 before requesting copies so the case number and exact amount can be confirmed.
- For a specific local, state, or ICE-listed facility, use the detention facility pages linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Michigan state prisoner, use MDOC OTIS. OTIS does not cover county-jail inmates or city lockups.
- For a federal sentenced inmate, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
- For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS. If the person is housed at the ICE-listed Chippewa County Correctional Facility, ICE lists the Detroit Field Office detainee-information number as 313-771-6601.