This website is a private reference resource. It is not the jail, the Sheriff's Office, a court, or a records counter. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull an official booking record. Use the official offices below for those tasks.
Livingston County Jail and Sheriff
For a current local custody question, begin with the Livingston County Jail because the county has not published an official public jail roster on its website. The jail and Sheriff's Office use the same Highlander Way campus address.
Livingston County Jail / Sheriff's Office
150 S Highlander Way
Howell, MI 48843
Jail phone: (517) 546-2445
Jail fax: (517) 546-1800
The official jail page lists this phone number for jail contact and inmate-information topics. Public counter hours for inmate lookup are not published in the research file, so call before traveling to the facility.
Records and FOIA Routes
Livingston County Sheriff's Office Central Records handles police reports, crash-report routing, local records checks, fingerprinting, and FOIA-related work. Some reports may take five to seven days before they are ready for release.
- Central Records is the Sheriff's Office records route for police reports and related local records questions.
- Livingston County FOIA provides the county's online request portal, request form, procedures, appeal instructions, fee materials, and indigency affidavit.
- The online FOIA portal is available through the county's MyCustHelp system at livingstoncountymi.mycusthelp.com.
- For FOIA appeals or coordinator questions, Livingston County lists the FOIA Administrative Coordinator phone as (517) 540-8756.
Michigan FOIA requests should identify the record sought with enough detail for the office to locate it. For a jail record, include the person's full name, approximate booking or arrest date, arresting agency if known, and a case number if you have one.
Courts and Clerk Records
Jail custody and court filings are separate. After charges are filed, use the court record routes for hearing dates, case status, bindover information, and disposition.
- 53rd District Court links to MiCOURT public register searches, active warrants, warrant appearance information, court address, phone, and court hours.
- District Court criminal matters explains misdemeanor cases and the felony arraignment and preliminary-exam path.
- Circuit Court Records is the clerk route for 44th Circuit Court records, MiCOURT register access, in-person index searches, and copy requests.
The Livingston County FOIA page states that Livingston County Courts, the County Clerk, and employees acting as Clerk of the Circuit Court are exempt from county FOIA requests. Use MiCOURT or the clerk's record-copy process for court records.
Where to Look by Question
- For a person who may be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and then call the Livingston County Jail at (517) 546-2445.
- For booking-photo access, use the guidance on jail roster mugshots and the county FOIA process when needed.
- For charges and hearings after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and MiCOURT.
- For a specific custody location, use the facility links in the footer for Livingston County Jail or Woodland Center Correctional Facility.
- For a sentenced Michigan state prisoner, search MDOC OTIS rather than treating the county jail as the prison locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.