This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, send money, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the public office that holds the record or custody information.
Official Records and Custody Contacts
An Alcona County arrest may create records in more than one place. Alcona County Jail handles limited local booking and bond processing, while people may be lodged directly at Iosco County Jail when Alcona is not staffed. The arresting agency holds its report, the holding jail keeps its intake and release records, and the court maintains the case. Use the contact that matches the information needed.
Alcona County Sheriff’s Office
214 W. Main St.
Harrisville, MI 48740
Main office: 989-724-6271
Non-emergency dispatch: 989-724-0911
Fax: 989-724-6181
Office hours: not published in the research source
Iosco County Sheriff and Jail
428 W. Lake St.
Tawas City, MI 48763
Sheriff and jail: 989-362-6164
Fax: 989-984-1103
Operation: open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Iosco’s published policy limits telephone disclosure to whether a person is lodged and the amount of bond or fines. A fuller intake, booking-photo, bond, or release record may require a written FOIA request. For an immediate threat or emergency, call 911.
- Booking record or photograph: Start with the Alcona County records overview. A sheriff report belongs with the arresting agency; an Alcona booking record belongs with Alcona Corrections; an Iosco intake belongs with Iosco.
- New arrest or current lodging: Call Alcona Sheriff or non-emergency dispatch first, then Iosco County Jail when overnight or direct lodging is possible. No official public same-day county roster was verified.
- Release status or notification: Ask the holding jail about the limited facts it may disclose. MI-VINE and VINELink can provide participating custody information and alerts, but local coverage must be checked in the live service.
- Court charge, hearing, bond, or disposition: The 81st District Court is listed at 989-724-9500. The 23rd Circuit Court is listed at 989-724-9400, and the Alcona County Clerk at 989-724-9410. Public cases may also appear in MiCOURT.
- Written public-record request: Use the responsible agency’s FOIA process. Alcona County’s published procedures are the local starting point; Iosco provides a separate sheriff FOIA form for records it keeps.
- State prison or supervision record: Use the Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS information and OTIS search. It covers qualifying state prisoners, parolees, probationers, and certain discharged people, not county-jail-only arrests.
- Federal or immigration custody: Use the official Federal Bureau of Prisons locator for federal inmates or the ICE detainee locator for immigration custody. Neither is an Alcona County jail search.