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Terms of Use

These conditions govern use of the website. Visiting a page, reading its material, or submitting a search means you accept every term below. Stop using the site if you do not agree.

NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website has no affiliation with a local, Michigan, or federal government body. Neither the site nor its advertising partners offer a service for credit, employment, insurance, tenant, or other decisions regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Its purpose is to route readers to Midland County criminal-record resources. It is neither a private investigation firm nor a consumer reporting agency.

1. What This Website Is

This is a private reference site, independent of every government office. It cannot retrieve official criminal records, perform official checks, store government files, or submit documents for a visitor.

Its pages identify the Midland County Sheriff's Records Bureau, county criminal courts, Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center, and Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry. Some pages also connect readers with outside research tools.

2. Rules for Using This Site

As a condition of access, you will not:

  • Use automated bots or scrapers against these pages
  • Violate a federal, Michigan, or local law
  • Attempt unauthorized access to any system
  • Use information to stalk, threaten, or harass a person
  • Base housing, hiring, lending, or insurance choices on site content
  • Disrupt performance or interfere with another visitor's access

3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination

Information found here or through a linked tool may not be used to intimidate, stalk, threaten, harass, or discriminate against anyone. Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry information demands particular care. MCL 28.734 imposes consequences for prohibited registry misuse. Public access supports safety awareness, not vigilantism or discriminatory treatment.

4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and generate no credit, background, or consumer reports. Advertising partners are not presented as services for evaluating applicants, renters, insurance risk, or credit. You must not use data from this site or a linked tool to:

  • Set insurance prices or judge creditworthiness
  • Screen a renter or housing applicant
  • Make a hiring or termination decision
  • Determine eligibility for a license, permit, or public program
  • Carry out another FCRA-regulated purpose

A legally permissible check for one of those purposes must come from Michigan State Police or an appropriate FCRA-compliant provider.

5. No Legal Advice

Site content is not legal advice. General Midland County record information cannot determine how a warrant, conviction, charge, or set-aside law affects a particular matter. Consult a Michigan-licensed attorney for that advice.

6. No Warranties

All content is supplied "as is." We make no promise that:

  • A partner's search result is complete or accurate
  • Every detail remains current, complete, and correct
  • The website will operate without interruption
  • The pages contain no bug, error, or security weakness

Charges, dismissals, corrections, and set-asides can change a criminal record. Gaps and delays are unavoidable. No statement here is an official statement from a court, sheriff, or agency.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

Links can lead to sheriff pages, court systems, state agencies, legal-aid groups, and outside search services. We do not control their availability, fees, data practices, or content. Review the destination's terms before using it.

8. Intellectual Property

Midland County Criminal History or its content partners own the site's text, code, logos, and graphics. Written permission is required to copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative work from them.

9. Limits on Our Liability

To the maximum extent allowed by law, we are not liable for damage arising from site use, linked services, or reliance on information found through either.

10. Indemnification

You agree to hold us harmless against claims, demands, or proceedings caused by your site use or breach of these terms, including related costs and legal fees.

11. Governing Law

Michigan law governs these terms. A dispute tied to use of the site must be filed in a court located in Michigan.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these terms. A revision takes effect when the updated text is posted here.

13. Cutting Off Access

Access may be restricted or terminated at any time, for any reason, without advance notice.

14. Severability

If one provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue. The affected language is adjusted only as far as needed to make it enforceable.

15. Questions

Questions about these conditions can be directed through the Contact page.