Sanilac Records Contacts

This is a private reference site, not a public office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record.


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The Sanilac County Sheriff’s Office is at 65 N. Elk Street, Sandusky, MI 48471. The main and nonemergency line is (810) 648-2000. The jail administrator line is (810) 648-8339. For booking, release, transfer, or photo requests, call the Records Bureau at (810) 648-8356 or email scsrecords@sanilaccounty.net. The Sheriff lobby is generally open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., except holidays. Lobby hours are not release-processing hours.

  • For a released inmate or county release record, begin with the full Sanilac search and request path.
  • For felony parole or probation, use OTIS and the Sanilac MDOC office in Courthouse Room 112 at (810) 648-4546. For misdemeanor probation, call 73A District Court Probation at (810) 648-3910.
  • For a same-day custody change, use the Jail Releases: 24 Hours fallback route because the county publishes no verified rolling list.
  • For a state-prison date, check Projected Release. For an alert tied to one person, use VINELink Inmate Search.
  • For a court order, D73A District Court is at (810) 648-3250 and C24 Circuit Court is at (810) 648-2120.
  • For an MDOC release or discharge record, contact MDOC FOIA at (517) 335-4194 or MDOC-FOIA@michigan.gov.
  • For federal prison custody use BOP; for a supported immigration-detention path use ICE ODLS, DRIL at 888-351-4024, or Detroit ERO at (313) 771-6601.