This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record or custody information.
Official Benzie County Contacts
Benzie County Sheriff's Office and Corrections
505 S Michigan Avenue
Beulah, MI 49617
Non-emergency and business line: 231-882-4484
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding holidays
Emergency: 911
Sheriff FOIA contact
Lisa Evans
Email: LEvans@Benzieco.Gov
Phone: 231-882-4484 ext. 231
Fax: 231-882-5814
Written requests may also be delivered in person at the Sheriff's Office.
The county's Corrections page does not provide a live public roster. Use the official Sheriff's line to ask about current custody. The separate 231-882-0052 jail/control number appears only in a secondary directory and should be verified through the Sheriff's Office before use. Do not call 911 for routine records research.
- For a county booking record or photo, begin with the home page's official records path, then send a narrow written request to the Sheriff FOIA contact.
- For current custody or release, call the Sheriff's Office and use VINE Arrest Check for available custody-event alerts.
- For a same-day arrest question, review Arrested Today. For selected multi-day incident coverage, use Arrest Reports.
- For case status, disposition, certified copies, or court-side warrant clarification, call the 85th District Court at 231-882-0019 or the County Clerk at 231-882-9671 ext. 2.
- For a sentenced state prisoner's record, use the Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS search. It does not cover ordinary county-jail custody.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the official Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator linked from the Benzie County lookup hub.