This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official record. Contact the agency that controls the record.
Custody and Records Contacts
The Sheriff’s jail and inmate-information lines handle current Otsego County custody questions. Formal public-record requests go to the county FOIA Coordinator at a different address. No published public hours were found for the jail records counter, so call before visiting.
Otsego County Jail and Sheriff
124 S. Court Avenue
Gaylord, MI 49735
Jail: 989-731-7289
Inmate information: 989-731-7288
Main Sheriff: 989-732-3555
Records Division: 989-732-3555 ext. 2785
Otsego County FOIA Coordinator
County Administrator’s Office
225 W. Main
Gaylord, MI 49735
Email: foia@otsegocountymi.gov
Fax: 989-731-7529
MDOC FOIA Coordinator
P.O. Box 30003
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517-335-4194
Fax: 517-335-4193
Email: MDOC-FOIA@michigan.gov
Choose the channel that matches the event:
- Use the home release-record process for a named Otsego County Jail release and a targeted FOIA request.
- Use Post-Release Supervision for OTIS status and the local MDOC office.
- Use the dated 24-hour release method when checking who left during a short county window.
- Use OTIS for a sentenced state prisoner, parolee, or qualifying MDOC discharge record.
- Use the BOP locator for federal custody and the ICE locator for immigration detention.
- Use the appropriate court clerk for a court order, sentence, or case disposition.