Terms of Use

These Terms of Use govern access to DeWitt County Busted Mugshots, a privately operated reference service for locating public-record sources in DeWitt County, Illinois. The service is not a government office, does not hold official jail or court records, and cannot confirm custody or change an agency record. By using the service, a visitor accepts these terms.

DeWitt County Busted Mugshots and its advertising partners are not government agencies, Sheriff’s offices, jails, police departments, courts, or corrections departments. Neither is a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. Information here or in a linked tool may not be used for credit, employment, insurance, tenant, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.


Private Reference Service

The service points visitors toward sources such as the DeWitt County Jail, local police pages, the Circuit Clerk, Judici, and Illinois DOC. County materials identify Sheriff Mike Walker. The service stores no official roster, court docket, or booking-photo gallery. It cannot release a person, file a request for a visitor, confirm a charge, or provide legal advice.

Government sources control their own records and decisions. A link or description is not an endorsement, partnership, guarantee, or statement that the linked record is current.


Acceptable Use

Visitors agree to use the service lawfully and with respect for the people named in public records. A visitor may not:

  • Break the law or encourage another person to do so.
  • Stalk, threaten, harass, intimidate, or publish private information about another person.
  • Use the information for hiring, firing, housing, lending, insurance, licensing, or another regulated decision.
  • Try to bypass access controls, impersonate an agency, or obtain a restricted record without authority.
  • Run bots, scrapers, crawlers, or bulk collection tools against the service or a linked provider.
  • Interfere with availability, security, or another visitor’s use.

FCRA Restriction

This service is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It does not provide consumer reports, credit reports, or regulated background reports, and neither the service nor its advertising partners offers screening services. Information may not be used to make or support:

  • Employment, hiring, promotion, or firing decisions.
  • Tenant or housing decisions.
  • Creditworthiness or insurance decisions.
  • Licensing, permits, or government-program eligibility decisions.
  • Any other purpose covered by FCRA requirements.

External Links and Tools

The service may link to jail pages, booking or records sources, Sheriff and police pages, court portals, state or federal locators, legal-aid services, and search partners. The destination controls its own content, pricing, privacy practices, availability, and record results. Visitors should read the destination’s terms before submitting information. A link to the IDOC search or an official county page does not make the private service part of that agency.


No Warranties

The service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties to the fullest extent allowed by law. No promise is made that information is accurate, complete, current, uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or suitable for a particular purpose. Public custody status, court information, links, and partner results can change without notice. Nothing here is an official statement from the DeWitt Sheriff, DeWitt County Jail, a city department, the Circuit Clerk, or Illinois DOC.


Liability Limit

To the fullest extent permitted by law, DeWitt County Busted Mugshots and its owners, operators, contributors, and partners are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or other damages arising from access to or use of the service, a linked source, a search tool, or information found through them.


Indemnification

A visitor agrees to defend and hold harmless the service, its operators, contributors, and partners from claims, losses, damages, costs, and reasonable legal fees arising from the visitor’s use of the service, violation of these terms, misuse of public-record information, or violation of another person’s rights.


Ownership and Permission

Unless a source partner owns its own material, the text, arrangement, graphics, logo, and code of this service belong to DeWitt County Busted Mugshots or its content partners. A visitor may view the pages for personal reference but may not copy, republish, sell, alter, distribute, or create a competing collection without written permission. Official-source content remains subject to the source agency’s rights and rules.


Changes and Access

Terms may be revised at any time. New language takes effect when posted. Access may be limited, suspended, or blocked at any time, with or without notice, for any lawful reason, including security, abuse, maintenance, or a violation of these terms.


Illinois Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without applying conflict-of-law rules that would select another jurisdiction. Any dispute must be brought in a court located in Illinois, unless applicable law requires another forum.


Severability and Questions

If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective. The affected provision will be narrowed only as much as needed to make it enforceable. Questions about these terms may be directed through the Contact Us page.