Information You Provide
Search Entries
A name or other detail typed into one of the search boxes goes directly to the outside provider that runs that search. The provider processes the entry and returns results. Those search terms are not stored or logged on this site.
Messages
An email sent to this site is kept so it can be answered. A message stays with the people who run the site, and it is not shared outside the organization unless a legal obligation requires it.
Information Collected Automatically
Technical details arrive with each page request, in the ordinary way web servers record traffic:
- The IP address of the visiting device
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages viewed and time spent on each
- The referring site, when one exists
- A timestamp for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files stored on a device, and they help show which pages get traffic and where readers leave. Analytics services aggregate that information. A browser's settings can block cookies at any time, and some parts of the site may behave differently if they are blocked.
How the Information Is Used
- Keeping the site online and loading quickly
- Sending a search request to the right provider
- Learning which pages help readers and which need work
- Diagnosing and fixing technical problems
- Displaying advertising that may match a visitor's interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, maintain, compile, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. It publishes general guidance about where Douglas County warrant records are held and how to check them through the sheriff's office, the District Court, and the Court Payment Center. It is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing collected about visitors is assembled into consumer reports or into records about other people.
Outside Search Providers
Search boxes on this site are supplied by other companies. Anything entered into one of those tools is handled under that company's own privacy policy rather than this one, and those companies set their own retention and sharing practices. Their policy is worth reading before a search is submitted.
Links to Other Websites
Pages here link to sheriff's office pages, court portals, the Court Payment Center, legal aid organizations, and outside search tools. Following one of those links leaves this site, and the destination's own privacy policy then applies. It should be read before any personal detail is shared.
Some advertising partners may track activity across sites in order to show relevant ads. That tracking runs on their systems rather than on this site.
Who May See Information
Personal data is not sold. Some information may reach:
- Search providers that handle a query submitted here
- Analytics services used to measure traffic and performance
- Advertising networks that place ads on these pages
- Law enforcement or another government body when a valid legal order requires disclosure
How Information Is Protected
Standard security practices are used to guard the information this site collects. No internet service is completely safe, so the site works to keep data secure without claiming that a breach can never happen.
Visitors Under 18
This site is written for adults. Personal information is not knowingly collected from anyone under 18. If a minor has submitted information, a message to the site will bring a prompt deletion.
Your Data Rights
Minnesota's Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes chapter 13, governs how government data is handled, and other Minnesota consumer-protection rules may also apply depending on where a visitor lives. At a minimum, a visitor can:
- Ask for a copy of what the site holds about them
- Ask for incorrect information to be corrected
- Ask for their data to be erased
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Changes to This Policy
This policy may be updated. When it is, the revised version appears on this page with a new effective date.
Effective date: September 15, 2026