This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, post a bond, retrieve a booking record, or act for a court. Contact the appropriate official office directly for each of those matters.
Tuscola County Official Record Routes
Start with the custodian that created or maintains the record. The Tuscola County Sheriff’s Office is the county starting point for current custody questions, jail corrections, and sheriff-held booking records. The office is at 420 Court Street, Caro, MI 48723. Its general number is 989-673-8161, Corrections is 989-673-8165, and Central Dispatch is 989-673-8738. The sheriff posts lobby and records information, but callers should confirm current hours before visiting. For an emergency, call 911, not this site or a social-media account.
A request for a sheriff-held booking record or photograph should use the official Sheriff FOIA Request for Public Records form and the county’s FOIA policy. Identify the person or incident when known, give a narrow date range, and ask separately for the detention-log entry and any releasable photograph. Fees may apply. The policy describes the written-request process, an initial five-business-day response framework, possible extension, deposit, and exemption procedures.
For a criminal case, hearing, bond, or disposition, contact the official 71B District Court, 440 N. State Street, Caro, MI 48723, at 989-672-3800. Its criminal and magistrate line is 989-672-3790. A court record and a jail record serve different purposes, so an office may direct part of a request to another custodian.
For a person who is under Michigan state prison, parole, or probation supervision, use the official MDOC OTIS service. OTIS is for MDOC-covered state supervision and is not a Tuscola County jail roster or a confirmation of a recent local booking.
Official routing depends on the record type. Tuscola has no verified public current jail roster, recent-bookings feed, or public booking-photo gallery, so an agency request or telephone confirmation is often more reliable than an online search result.
- For a current custody or corrections question, call the Sheriff’s Office or Corrections using the numbers above.
- For a county booking record, detention log, or a potentially releasable image, submit the sheriff FOIA request and describe the event precisely.
- For a Caro, Vassar, or Cass City incident report, begin with the arresting municipal agency, then use the sheriff route for a county jail record.
- For a case outcome, use 71B District Court, the appropriate court clerk, or the official MiCOURT case search as an initial lookup.
- For a possible state-supervision record, use MDOC OTIS only when the person’s record falls within MDOC coverage.
The county records source page explains why booking, release, court, and state-custody records can have different custodians. A booking or charge is an accusation, not proof of guilt, and a court disposition is the appropriate place to confirm the later result.