This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible public office directly for those services.
Official Mecosta Contacts
Mecosta County Jail and Sheriff's Records
225 S. Stewart
Big Rapids, MI 49307
Jail: 231-592-0156, answered 24 hours a day
Administration and records: 231-592-0150
FOIA email: MCSO-FOIA@mecostasheriff.org
Report pickup: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; call first to check readiness.
MDOC Records
FOIA Coordinator
P.O. Box 30003
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517-335-4194
Email: MDOC-FOIA@michigan.gov
Current prisoner records: Corr_Records_Info@michigan.gov
Past prisoner records: MDOC-Records_Retention@michigan.gov
Choose the route that matches the person's custody system and the type of record needed.
- For a released person or release record, the home page gives the full search and request sequence.
- For state or local supervision, use the Probation & Parole page.
- For same-day county events, start with Jail Releases: 24 Hours.
- For timing or an alert, compare Projected Release with the VINELink Inmate Search.
- For a local booking, use the Mecosta County Jail page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search Michigan OTIS.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE detainee locator rather than a county office.