This is a private reference site, not a Hillsdale County or Michigan government office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency responsible for the record or custody event.
Official Offices and Records
For current local custody, start with the jail. Direct a written county release-record request to the FOIA coordinator, and contact the right court for its own files because Michigan FOIA does not govern judicial records in the same way.
Hillsdale County Jail
165 W. Fayette Street
Hillsdale, MI 49242
517-437-7317
County FOIA Coordinator
c/o County Clerk
29 N. Howell Street
Hillsdale, MI 49242-1630
Fax: 517-437-3392
The County Clerkâs general office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and closes from noon to 1:00 p.m. Research did not identify public release-processing hours for the jail, so call before planning around a specific release time.
The following routes match common release and custody questions:
- Use the home page for a named person and the full Hillsdale County release-record request path.
- Check parole and probation for Michigan post-release supervision and the Hillsdale office.
- Use Released Last 24 Hours when the question concerns a same-day release window.
- Compare the inmate release date and VINELink release check routes for a scheduled date or custody alert.
- Open the Hillsdale County Jail page in the footer for local facility details.
- Search Michigan OTIS for a sentenced state prisoner, parolee, probationer, or recent MDOC discharge.
- Use the federal BOP locator or ICE detainee locator only when that separate custody system applies.