Michigan official directory

One MiCOURT portal. The terms say the display does not replace the official record on file with the court. Search is by one selected court, not a single statewide name box. The opened form for 88-1 District Court, Alpena County, had Name, Case Number, and Professional Number searches. Name fields were last name or business (required), first, middle, and birth year. The Search button stayed disabled until text was entered. No name or case number was submitted. A Wayne County filter showed district-court and municipal-court rows, including the 36th District Court. That capture was not a full court census and did not include a circuit or probate row, which is not a finding that those courts are absent. Case types that will not be displayed are listed on the form, including personal protection orders and juvenile matters.

• Adoption, delayed registration of foreign birth, judicial admissions, juvenile and child protective proceedings, juvenile guardianships, mental illness, name changes, parental waivers, personal protection orders, surrendered newborn child, treatment of infectious disease, violation of personal protection orders, extreme risk protection orders, young adult voluntary foster care, and wills are not displayed
• Courts marked with the 7-year criminal sentence filter do not show older criminal-sentence information on MiCOURT
• Not a criminal-history check
• Appellate opinions are a different page on courts.michigan.gov

Checked 2026-10-01

The Department of Corrections FAQ says to use OTIS for offender information and says OTIS only shows people under MDOC supervision. It says OTIS is not a complete criminal history and gives jail time and crimes in other states as examples of what it does not contain. About OTIS says a PRISON status can include someone on a writ to a county jail, in a county jail, or out on bond. That is not a county-jail roster. The search form showed last name, first name, offender number, sex, race, age, offender status defaulting to Active Offenders, and marks, scars, and tattoos. Search was not clicked.

• Not a complete criminal history
• Not established as every person held in a county jail
• Records can leave the public site three years after discharge, as described on About OTIS
• Not proof of identity

Checked 2026-10-01

The FAQ is official custody-support contact guidance for people under MDOC, not a release calculator. Clergy visitors are told to contact the facility for visiting hours and to bring photo identification and clergy documentation. Crime victim notification uses a request form through Victim Services or the local prosecutor, with the unit phone numbers printed on the FAQ. Mail, electronic messages, and the friends-and-family pack are named, and the FAQ points onward for the detailed pages. Those linked pages were not opened. County-jail visiting rules are not on this FAQ.

• Not a bond schedule
• Not a county-jail handbook
• Linked how-to pages for mail and packages were not opened
• Does not say whether a named person is in custody

Checked 2026-10-01

MiCOURT terms link this directory as the list of all courts. Rechecked 2026-10-07: a plain HTTP fetch returned HTTP 200 and a client-rendered shell without circuit, district, probate, municipal, or county court rows in the HTML. List-body coverage therefore remains unestablished. It is a contact directory referral, not a second case search.

• Not a case search
• Not a jail roster
• List contents were not read

Checked 2026-10-07

Rule 6.106 is the statewide pretrial-release rule in the official court-rules chapter. At arraignment the court must order custody under subrule (B), release on personal recognizance or an unsecured appearance bond, or conditional release with or without money bail. Subrule (C) says recognizance or an unsecured bond is required unless the court determines that release will not reasonably ensure appearance or will present a danger to the public. Money bail requires reasons on the record under the rule text that was read. The rule does not publish a dollar amount. Local bond schedules were not collected. This is not a prediction for any person.

• Does not set a dollar amount
• Does not say who will be released
• Local court practice and a person's charges are outside this summary
• Subsection (I) deposit return is a separate May 1, 2026 amendment

Checked 2026-10-01

The State Court Administrative Office memo says that beginning May 1, 2026 a court may keep 10 percent of a deposited 10 percent bond only if the person is discharged from all obligations, the bond was on a crime governed by MCL 780.66, and the person was convicted. MCL 780.66 is described as traffic offenses or misdemeanors. The memo says the amendment does not change how bail is set and that public safety and appearance remain the criteria. It does not state a bond amount.

• Does not change how bail is set
• Does not apply the retained 10 percent to every offense
• Not a calculator for fines or costs

Checked 2026-10-01

The prisons page says the department has 26 prison facilities and lists named facilities under Facility Contacts and Information. It describes security levels I, II, IV, and V. It is a state-prison contact directory, not a person search and not a county-jail list. Individual facility visiting pages were not opened. The FAQ already says visiting hours come from the facility.

• Not OTIS
• Not a county jail directory
• Not a visiting schedule
• Not a count of people in custody

Checked 2026-10-01

Michigan Legal Help explains criminal public-defense and other lawyer options. Use its criminal-defense section and the case court for appointment; not a statewide public-defender intake office.

• Batch 50 research did not grant independent approval or Production publication.
• A readable guide is not a verified search transaction.

Checked 2026-10-28

DOJ index of state courts, laws and agencies. Individual linked statutes and legal rules were not substantively reviewed here; check the current primary text before explaining a rule.

• Batch 50 research did not grant independent approval or Production publication.
• A readable guide is not a verified search transaction.
• Official legal-reference entry point only. Not legal advice and not a certification of current law.
• Individual statutes and rules linked from this page were not substantively verified here.

Checked 2026-10-28