This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule jail services, or pull official booking records. Use the appropriate public office or official locator for those actions.
Where to Ask About Tuscola County Records
Tuscola County Sheriff's Office and Tuscola County Jail
420 Court St.
Caro, MI 48723
Phone: 989-673-8161
Fax: 989-673-8164
Sheriff Ryan Robinson oversees the Sheriff's Office, and Lt. Daniel Lisowski is the jail administrator. Tuscola County has no official online county jail roster, so current jail-custody questions usually start with the Sheriff's Office or jail phone line. Published lobby-hour sources conflict: one county source lists the Sheriff's Office lobby as 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, while the sheriff page lists Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Confirm hours before going in person.
Central Dispatch
Non-emergency: 989-673-8738
Emergencies: 911
FOIA and records requests
Sheriff-related FOIA requests may be submitted through the sheriff PDF or Google form, delivered to 420 Court St., or emailed to tsharp@tuscolacounty.org. Michigan FOIA, including MCL 15.231, MCL 15.233, MCL 15.234, and MCL 15.243, governs access, fees, timing, and exemptions. A public body generally has five business days to respond, with a possible extension. County-level FOIA policy also identifies the Controller's Office at 125 W. Lincoln Street, Caro, MI, with fax 989-672-4011.
Tuscola County courts and prosecutor
District Court handles misdemeanor matters and felony preliminary proceedings. Circuit Court handles felony cases after bindover and other circuit-level matters. The Tuscola County Clerk is at 440 N State St., Caro, MI 48723, phone 989-672-3780, email clerk@tuscolacounty.org. Prosecutor Erica Walle's office is at 207 E Grant St., Caro, MI 48723, phone 989-672-3900, with posted hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Custody notification and outside locators
VINELink is available for custody notification, and the VINE hotline is 800-770-7657. MDOC OTIS is for sentenced Michigan state prisoners and supervisees, not for people held only in Tuscola County Jail. Federal BOP and ICE ODLS are separate systems for federal and immigration detainees. Tuscola County does not have a dedicated sheriff or police inmate app; ICS Mobile is for visitation, not inmate lookup.
Use these paths based on the record or custody question:
- For someone possibly held at Tuscola County Jail, start with jail inmate records and the Sheriff's Office contact above.
- For booking-photo context, use jail roster mugshots and any official record response from the jail or records custodian.
- For charges after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the District Court, Circuit Court, Clerk, or prosecutor as the case requires.
- For the county facility page, see Tuscola County Jail.
- For a sentenced state prisoner or parole/probation record, use Michigan's MDOC OTIS rather than the county jail.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal BOP locator or ICE ODLS, because those systems are outside Tuscola County control.