Isabella County Correctional Facility Inmate Bail & Bonds

For certain misdemeanors, yes. Under MCL 780.581, someone picked up without a warrant for an offense with a maximum of a year or less, misdemeanor or ordinance, may give an interim bond to the arresting officer or the jail deputy in charge, if no magistrate is available. The officer picks an amount no lower than a fifth of the smallest fine and no higher than the largest, and writes a receipt. MCL 780.582a carves out domestic violence arrests: no interim bond is allowed at the jail, and the person must wait to see a judge or magistrate.

Isabella jail deputies can instead keep an arrestee for the next court session, or until sober and fit, when that person is drunk or high, has another charge outstanding, lacks a way to establish identity, or would be unsafe to let go.

Isabella Trial Court judges apply MCR 6.106, which starts with personal recognizance or an unsecured appearance bond. Cash or surety bail is permitted only with reasons stated on the record about appearance or public safety.

If the Mt. Pleasant court permits a 10% deposit, the family pays one tenth of the bail to the court, and MCL 765.6 lets a surety post a bond of one quarter of the full amount instead. On $20,000 bail: $2,000 cash with the court, or a $5,000 surety bond.

Isabella County Trial Court publishes a bail bond agency list on its website; the court is at 300 N. Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, 989-772-0911.

Bail money in Isabella goes to just two places: the county's own website or the cashier window at the Remus Road jail, per the Sheriff. Before paying, call 989-772-5915; the phone menu gives bond information. For deposits to a jail account, use our money guide.

Defense counsel can ask the 76th District Court, 989-317-4178, to revisit bail, and once the case is bound over, the 21st Circuit, 989-317-4098. MCR 6.004(C) generally calls for personal recognizance release after 28 days in jail awaiting a misdemeanor trial or 180 days awaiting a felony trial, with one exception: a judge holding that clear and convincing evidence shows the defendant would flee or endanger others.

For Isabella County residents charged federally, a magistrate judge at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Bay City courthouse, 1000 Washington Avenue, Bay City, MI 48708, 989-894-8800 decides detention. Federal prisoners after sentencing appear on the BOP inmate locator.

Yes, possibly. A detainer lodged with the Isabella jail asks staff to postpone release by up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)). Afterward, look up immigration custody on the ICE detainee locator.

Isabella felony prison terms go to the Michigan Department of Corrections; see our Michigan prisons directory and OTIS.