This is a private reference site, not a government counter or jail records desk. We cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official office that controls the record or custody decision.
Official Offices to Start With
Grand Traverse County uses different offices for jail custody, sheriff records, court files, and prosecution updates. The most useful contacts from the county research are below.
- Grand Traverse County Jail / Corrections Division: 320 Washington Street, Traverse City, MI 49684. Corrections business-hours phone: 231-922-4532. After-hours / jail phone: 231-922-4530. Corrections business hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the county facility listing describes jail lobby hours as Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office: 851 Woodmere Avenue, Traverse City, MI 49686. Main phone: 231-995-5000. Non-emergency dispatch: 231-922-4550. Emergency calls go to 911. Sheriff records and FOIA requests use the county's online FOIA form for the Grand Traverse Sheriff's Department.
- Clerk Circuit & Family Court Records: 280 Washington Street, Suite 206, Traverse City, MI 49684. Phone: 231-922-4710. Fax: 231-922-4647. Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Email court-record copy requests to courtrecords@gtcountymi.gov after checking the clerk's instructions.
- Grand Traverse County Prosecuting Attorney: 324 Court Street, Traverse City, MI 49684. Phone: 231-922-4600. Fax: 231-922-4698. Prosecuting Attorney Noelle R. Moeggenberg's office handles criminal prosecution in District and Circuit Courts and is the victim case-status contact identified by the county VINE page.
Use this routing list when the question is about a specific person, record, or custody system.
- For someone believed to be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records, MI-VINE, and the jail phone numbers.
- For booking images or photo availability, read the jail roster mugshots page and use the sheriff FOIA process if a releasable record is needed.
- For filed charges, hearings, registers of action, or copies, use court records after a jail arrest, the county criminal records database, MiCOURT where available, or the Clerk records office.
- For facility-specific jail details, use the Grand Traverse County Jail page linked in the footer.
- For a person sentenced to Michigan state prison or supervision, use the Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS locator at https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/.
- For federal custody, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmate_locator/index.jsp. For immigration custody, use ICE's Online Detainee Locator System at https://locator.ice.gov/.
- For custody notification, use Michigan VINE at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/MI or the VINE phone line at 800-770-7657.