Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
When you enter a name or a date of birth into one of the search boxes on this site, that input goes directly to the third-party provider running the search. The provider processes the request and returns results. Nothing you type into a search box is stored or logged on our side.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email sent to us is kept so that we can answer it. Messages stay inside our organization. We do not pass them to anyone outside it unless a legal obligation requires that step.
Data We Gather Automatically
Technical details about a visit are picked up each time a page here loads:
- Timestamps for each page view
- The browser you use and its version
- The IP address assigned to your device
- The pages you opened and how long each one stayed on screen
- Your device type and operating system
- The site that referred you here, when there is one
Cookies and Analytics
Small files called cookies are stored on your device. They let us see which pages draw the most traffic and where visitors tend to leave. Analytics services help turn that activity into aggregate numbers. Your browser can block cookies at any time, though a few parts of the site may behave differently if you do.
What We Do With This Data
- Sending your search request to the partner service that handles it
- Keeping the site online and loading quickly
- Tracking down technical problems and fixing them
- Learning which pages readers find useful and which need work
- Showing advertising that may match your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, compile, maintain, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. It publishes general guidance about where Ontonagon County warrant records are kept and how to check them: the 98-2 District Court, the 32nd Circuit Court and county clerk, the Ontonagon County Sheriff Department, and the Friend of Court. Michigan has no public statewide warrant search, and this site does not pretend to be one. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing gathered about visitors is assembled into a consumer report about anyone.
Third-Party Search Partners
Search boxes on this site belong to outside companies. Whatever you enter into one of those tools is handled under the partner's privacy policy instead of this one. Those partners decide how long they keep data and who they share it with, and we have no control over either choice. Read the partner's policy before you submit a search.
Links to Other Websites
This site links to sheriff and county pages, Michigan court resources, legal aid organizations, and third-party search tools. Following any of those links takes you off this site, and the destination's privacy policy then governs the visit. Read it before you share personal details.
Some advertising partners track activity across sites to target ads. That tracking runs on their systems, not on ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. A limited set of parties may receive information:
- Analytics services that measure traffic and performance
- Search partners that process the queries you run
- Advertising networks that place ads on these pages
- Law enforcement or a government body when a valid legal order requires disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
Standard security practices are used to protect the information this site collects. No internet service can promise perfect safety. We work to keep your data secure, but a breach cannot be ruled out entirely.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has shared data here, contact us and it will be deleted promptly.
Your Data Rights
Michigan law gives the public a right to inspect and copy many government records, including county and sheriff files under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act (MCL 15.231 through 15.246) and court files under Michigan Court Rule 8.119. That access applies to the offices that hold the records, not to this private site, which holds none. For data this site does control, you can:
- Request that data about you be erased
- Ask for a copy of what is on file about you
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
- Have incorrect information corrected
Updates to This Policy
This privacy policy may change as the site changes. When it does, the revised version appears on this page with a new effective date, so check back if you want to follow how information is handled.
Effective date: September 15, 2026