Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
When you enter a name or date of birth in one of the search tools on this site, that input goes directly to the outside company that runs the search. They handle it and return results. We do not log or store the terms you type.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you email us, we keep the message so we can write back, and it stays with our team. We do not pass it to anyone outside the organization unless a legal obligation requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each time a page here loads, our servers record a few technical details about the visit:
- The IP address assigned to your device
- The browser you use and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- Which pages you opened and how long you stayed
- The site that referred you here, if there was one
- A timestamp for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files stored on your device that show us how visitors move through the pages and where they tend to leave. Analytics services help us combine that traffic information. You can block cookies in your browser settings at any time, though some parts of the site may then behave differently.
What We Do With This Data
- Keep the site online, running, and loading quickly
- Send your search request to the right partner service
- Learn which pages readers find useful and which need work
- Find and fix technical problems
- Show advertising that may relate to your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, compile, maintain, or sell databases of warrants or personal warrant records. We publish general guidance about where Mille Lacs County court and law-enforcement records are held and how to check them through Court Administration, the District Court file, and the Sheriff's Office. There is no statewide public warrant search in Minnesota to point readers to. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing we collect about visitors is assembled into consumer reports or files about other people.
Third-Party Search Partners
The search boxes here are operated by outside companies. Whatever you type into those tools is handled under the partner's privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners set their own retention and sharing rules, and we do not control them. Read the partner's policy before you submit a search.
Links to Other Websites
We link to court pages, Sheriff's Office pages, county data request forms, state statutes, and outside search tools. Following one of those links takes you off this site, and the destination's privacy policy then governs your visit. Read it before sharing personal details.
Some advertising partners may track activity across sites to show targeted ads. That tracking happens on their systems, not ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Some information may reach:
- Search partners that handle queries you run here
- Analytics services we use to measure traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place advertising on our pages
- Law enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order requires disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
We use standard security practices to protect what we collect. No internet-connected system is perfect, so we cannot promise that a breach will never happen.
Users Under 18
This site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.
Your Data Rights
Minnesota's data practices law, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, governs how government data is classified and released in this state, and it sets the framework a reader uses when requesting records from a county or court office. For information this website collects about visitors, you can ask us to:
- Provide a copy of what we hold about you
- Correct information that is wrong
- Delete your data
- Stop certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
We may revise this privacy policy. When we do, the new version appears on this page with a fresh effective date, so check back if you want to follow how visitor information is handled.
Effective date: September 15, 2026