How to Send Money to Allegan County Jail (MI)

Allegan County Sheriff's Office staff no longer accept money for deposits. You'll need to use the self-serve options instead: a kiosk in the lobby or the GettingOut website, depending on what you're funding.

Pay close attention to which kiosk you use. The visiting kiosk cannot accept commissary money. Commissary deposits go through the other kiosk in the visitation lobby. This matters because if you deposit money into the wrong kiosk, it cannot be moved over later. Take an extra moment to confirm you're at the commissary kiosk before completing the transaction.

Steps to Follow

• ✓ Do not try to hand money to Sheriff’s Office staff for a deposit.
• ✓ For commissary funds, use the commissary kiosk located in the visitation lobby (not the visiting kiosk).
• ✓ For telephone and visitation money, create an account on the GettingOut website and deposit to the person’s telephone/visitation account there.

1. Decide what you’re funding: commissary money goes to a commissary account, while phone and visitation funds go to a telephone/visitation account.
2. Use GettingOut for phone and visitation deposits: create a GettingOut account and add money to the incarcerated person’s telephone/visitation account through their website.
3. Use the correct lobby kiosk for commissary: the kiosk used for visiting cannot accept commissary money, so find the other kiosk in the visitation lobby for commissary deposits.
4. Confirm the kiosk’s label before paying: if money goes into the wrong kiosk, it cannot be transferred.

Before you deposit anything, make sure you're using the right method for what you want to pay for. If your goal is commissary funds, verify the kiosk you're standing at is the commissary kiosk, not the visiting kiosk. If you're adding money for telephone or visitation, use the GettingOut system instead of a lobby kiosk.

For telephone and visitation funds, use the GettingOut website the jail directs you to and follow the prompts for account setup and deposits. If you see other payment options elsewhere, don't assume they work for Allegan County Jail unless you can confirm they connect to the same GettingOut system.