Isabella County, Michigan Public Records

Investigations closed

69

Back wages agreed

$190,966

Workers due back wages

511

Civil money penalties

$35,651

Employers on the record

57

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 57 on the Isabella County record; 17 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 32 more with smaller records are on the Michigan wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

Locate Isabella County records by office, collection and request

Separate Isabella Clerk services from court filing mail

The County Clerk publishes its office and mailing address as 207 North Court Street, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858, telephone 989-317-4070. General office hours are Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays. Its notice gives a different mailing destination for court filings: 300 North Main Street. Check the Clerk's office and court-mail instructions. Put the intended service on the correspondence so a certificate request is distinguishable from a court filing.

The Trial Court's own location is 300 North Main Street, with telephone 989-772-0911 and weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Use the Trial Court's contact information. A courthouse address and the Clerk's certificate counter are therefore separate routing details. Before mailing an original document, identify the division, case number if applicable and requested action. Keep a copy of the submission and any clerk instructions received.

Use Isabella's current application and qualifying fee category

The Clerk's May 2026 application lists certified birth, death and marriage records at $20 for the first copy and $10 for each additional copy. It also identifies a reduced birth fee for a person age 65 or older obtaining their own certificate: $14 for the first copy and $7 for each additional copy. The applicant must tell the Clerk of eligibility. Read the current certified-record application and fee categories.

The birth instructions require a completed, signed application and valid identification uploaded through the linked GovPros payment process. Follow the birth-certificate application steps. The death service separately instructs applicants to upload their application and driver license. Read the death-certificate upload instructions. Supply the name on the record, event date, requested number and delivery address. The marriage-record service provides its own application route and confirms the ordinary $20 and $10 copy prices. Use the existing marriage-record request service. A new marriage-license application is a different transaction.

Plan Isabella genealogy research around access and research hours

The Clerk describes birth, death and marriage holdings beginning in 1867. Its genealogy instructions permit public research in death and marriage libers, while access to birth records depends on age and the applicable qualification. Birth records more than 100 years old are available for public research. The office publishes free genealogy research hours of weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Read the genealogy collection and research-hour instructions.

That research window ends before the Clerk's general closing time. Prepare a list of names, spelling variations, event types and approximate dates before using the volumes. For a later birth record, check the relevant eligibility instructions instead of assuming that genealogy access includes every living person's certificate. If the receiving organization needs a certified record, request that product after identifying the entry. A handwritten transcription or family-history reference does not carry the Clerk's certification. Sources: isabellacounty.org; isabellacounty.org

Choose Isabella's court-specific search before ordering a document

The County Clerk says it does not perform criminal or civil record searches and provides separate MiCOURT links for the 21st Circuit Court, 76th District Court and 37th Probate Court. Choose the court-specific public case-search link. Start with the court named on existing paperwork. A search in one linked collection does not establish the result in another court, and the list does not promise a common historical starting year.

For Circuit Court records, the Clerk lists ordinary copies at $1 per page. A certified copy costs $10 for the first page of each document and $1 for each additional page. Read the Circuit Court copy categories. The vital-record application separately lists the same page-based formula for a certified divorce record. Source: isabellacounty.org Identify the judgment or other document and ask for its page count before payment. A court copy price is separate from the deposit to file a new case.

Capture Isabella recording references before requesting land copies

The Register of Deeds directs researchers to a land search by name, date, liber and page. Its instructions say tract-index access requires an account, and printed copies cost $1 per page. Read the land-search methods and printed-copy price. A recorded instrument reference lets the office locate the particular deed or release without treating a street address as a complete legal description.

The recording schedule sets a $30 charge per document. It includes one referenced liber and page, with $3 for each additional reference. That extra-reference charge is different from an additional-page price. Mailed recordings should include a self-addressed stamped return envelope. Check the document recording and return instructions. The Register's current service notice refers to a 510 West Pickard location, a noon to 1 p.m. closure and document cutoffs before the day's end; its directory header still shows 200 North Main Street. Call 989-317-4089 to confirm the counter location and intended submission time. Check the Register's location-specific service notice.

Distinguish Isabella assessor records, tax balances and GIS history

The Equalization Department provides a current assessor directory for the county's local jurisdictions. Find the assessor responsible for the property. Its own role includes assessment studies and assistance to the County Commissioners. Read Equalization's assessment responsibilities. Identify the city or township and parcel number before asking about a valuation, exemption or assessment record; the countywide support office is not a substitute for the responsible local assessor.

The Treasurer's parcel instructions make a specific distinction: its online system includes delinquent taxes, with current summer-tax service listed for Lincoln and Rolland townships. Current taxes elsewhere should be checked with the local township, city or village. The county directs balance research to BS&A's Delinquent Tax Information tab and says its FetchGIS tax history does not show the current balance. Follow the Treasurer's balance and jurisdiction instructions. Match the tax year and collection category before relying on an amount.

Route Isabella information requests to the creating department

The county's FOIA instructions publish separate destinations for Administration, Central Dispatch, Community Development, the Prosecutor and the Sheriff. Administration can help identify the responsible department at foiaadmin@isabellacounty.org or 989-317-4053. Sheriff requests have the separate address foiasheriff@isabellacounty.org. Use the county's departmental FOIA contacts and forms. Identify whether the requested material is an incident report, dispatch record, land-use document or administrative correspondence.

For a focused request, describe the incident or transaction, approximate date and known reference number, and state the copy format needed. The county supplies request, cost-itemization, extension, denial and appeal forms through its FOIA service. Source: isabellacounty.org Preserve the submitted request and the department's reply together so the scope and any quoted cost remain clear. A request to Administration for county correspondence should not be confused with an application for a restricted birth certificate or an order for a certified court document.

Use Isabella's Remus Road contact for Sheriff and jail inquiries

The Sheriff's Office is at 5270 East Remus Road, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858, telephone 989-772-5911. Its published administrative hours are weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding holidays. Fingerprinting requires an appointment through that number. Check the Sheriff's current location and appointment instructions. The department lists a Jail Administrator among its staff. Read the Sheriff's departmental responsibilities.

Jail and inmate services publish the same Remus Road location but a distinct jail-information number, 989-772-5915. The service includes an inmate-search link and separate visitation, deposits and mail instructions. Use the jail's direct contact and service links. Ordinary inmate correspondence follows an outside mail-processing route, while legal mail and money orders use the Criminal Justice Center address under the published instructions. Check the current inmate-mail categories. Do not send a government-record request through the ordinary inmate correspondence process.

Identify the Isabella election record and reporting event

The Clerk's general-election information collection links current results, sample ballots, election calendars and campaign-finance material. Its 2026 listings distinguish the August primary and November general election. Choose the relevant election and record collection. A sample ballot describes available contests; a results report records the count for an election. Preserve the election date, precinct and document title when referring to either.

For a question about county canvassing or a published result, use the County Clerk's election contact and identify the report in question. The Clerk's main office notice also places its canvass activity at the Court Street location. Source: isabellacounty.org Keep an individual voter-registration question distinct from a request for county election returns or campaign-finance filings. If the requested material belongs with another election official, ask for that custodian before resubmitting a broader request.