A wide range of court papers can be served by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. Fees are determined by location and can be found on the following Fee Schedule (please note that each paper served is charged a fee which means that multiple services to the same address requires more than one fee). Types of papers served by this department are:

Please send papers to be served/posted/mailed along with the proper fee to the following address:

 

For more information please call: (269) 969-6424 or via e-mail.

 

Please note: Any information regarding the person(s) being served such as: type of car driven, hours of employment, hours most likely to be at address, description, etc. would be appreciated and could expedite service.

 

Cash, check or Money Order made payable to the County of Calhoun. Visa or MasterCard is also accepted (service fees may apply)

The Civil Division is responsible for receiving and distributing the majority of the Freedom of Information requests for the Sheriff’s Office. FOIA requests must be submitted in writing to the Records Office. Additional charges are assessed for photographs, videos, and extensive reproduction of records. This process may take five (5) business days for a response.

 

This request can be submitted by filling the request in person at our offices located in Battle Creek or Marshall, or the request can also be submitted by faxing, mailing, or emailing the request form.

 

 

For more information please call: (269) 969-6424 or via e-mail.

 

The cost will vary depending on what kind of information is requested. If the amount exceeds $50, a down payment may be required before processing. Cash, check or Money Order made payable to the County of Calhoun. 

 

The Calhoun County Sheriff only acts as the auctioneer for the mortgage foreclosure sales, and does not have prior information about the sales, such as what property and/or the price of property.

 

The sales are held every Thursday from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. in the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office lobby of the Calhoun County Justice Center, which is located 161 East Michigan Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49014.

 

Bid sheets which have been delivered to the Sheriff's Office will be read off promptly at 10:00 a.m. Interested bidders should be certain to arrive in time to hear if the property is listed for sale on that day. If the property is not read off, this would indicate that the sale has either been cancelled or postponed to a later date.

 

After completion of reading the bids, the auction of each individual piece of property will commence. Each property will be auctioned in the order in which it was read from the bid sheets. 

 

In the event that no bids are made on a particular piece of property, the sale on that property will be considered final and later bids will not be allowed. If bids are made on a particular piece of property, the auction will continue until there is one final highest bidder. After the initial One Dollar ($1) overbid, all bids must be in a minimum of Five Hundred ($500) Dollar increments. Once the highest bid has been made on a particular piece of property, the sale will be considered final and no further bids will be accepted.

 

The successful 3rd party bidder will be present for payment 2 cashier/certified checks. The first check will be for the amount that satisfies the bank and will be made payable to the bank. Please note: The amount of the check may or may not be the amount published in the legal notice The second check will be for the overbid amount and will be made payable to County of Calhoun. Cash will only be accepted for the One Dollar ($1) overbids. Fees payable to the Register of Deeds will become the responsibility of the successful bidder. In the event that a successful bid is in excess of the amount listed in the legal notice, the successful bidder will be allowed one hour to present the additional necessary funds.

 

The paperwork necessary to issue the Sheriff’s Deed is completed at the Civil Division, Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office 161 East Michigan Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49014.

For more information please call: (269) 969-6424 or via e-mail.

 

A $300 fee plus $8.88 per 1/4 hour will be added to mortgage foreclosure evictions for the removal of personal property to the curb.

 

A fee of $8.88 per 1/4 hour will be added for the supervision of the rental evictions. For a fee of $300 we can remove the personal property to the curb.