Sanilac County Warrant Records Sanilac County Warrant Records

This page explains what our site can and cannot help with, and where to send a question about an official Sanilac County warrant. Almost every request belongs with the court that issued the process or with the Sheriff's Office Records Bureau, not with us. The routing below sends each need to the right office.

This Is Not a Government or Law Enforcement Office. We run a private reference site. We cannot confirm whether a warrant exists, recall or clear one, post bond, arrange a surrender, or give legal advice. For any of those, contact the issuing court or the Sheriff's Office Records Bureau directly.

Need Official Warrant Information?

These are the offices that answer the questions readers ask most often about Sanilac County cases:

  • Whether a warrant is active: call the court that issued it. For traffic, ordinance, and misdemeanor cases that is 73A District Court; for a Circuit matter it is the 24th Circuit Court or the County Clerk.
  • A bench warrant after a missed date: call the court that set the case and ask what it requires, since only that court can recall its own process.
  • A sheriff-held record: contact the Records Bureau at 65 N Elk Street in Sandusky, which handles records requests and FOIA and answers at (810) 648-8356.
  • Resolving or clearing a warrant: talk to a licensed Michigan attorney and the issuing court about voluntary appearance, recall, or bond.
  • An emergency: call 911. Never use a records line for a situation that needs a police response.

The county's main court counter is 73A District Court, 60 West Sanilac, Room 302, Sandusky, MI 48471, at (810) 648-3250, with the magistrate at (810) 648-3424. The 24th Circuit Court sits in Room 303 at the same address and answers at (810) 648-2120, and the County Clerk's records line is (810) 648-3212. Family and Juvenile matters route to (810) 648-3220.

For sheriff-held records, the Records Bureau publishes a weekday records window and a written FOIA route: Sheriff Records Bureau, ATTN FOIA Coordinator, 65 N Elk Street, Sandusky, MI 48471, email scsrecords@sanilaccounty.net, fax (810) 648-5162. The posted response time is five business days, with a possible ten-day extension. County offices outside the sheriff use the county FOIA route at Room 102, 60 W Sanilac, fax (810) 648-2830.