Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
When you enter a name, a date of birth, or a case number in one of the search tools on this site, that input travels to the outside provider that runs the search. The provider processes the query and returns the results. We do not keep a log of what you typed.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you email us, we hold onto the message long enough to reply. It stays with our team. We will not pass it to anyone outside the organization unless a legal obligation forces us to.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each time a page on the site loads, our servers record some routine technical details about the visit:
- Timestamps for each page view
- The IP address assigned to your device
- The browser you used and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- Which pages you opened and how long each one stayed on screen
- The referring site, when one sent you here
Cookies and Analytics
We set cookies, which are small files stored on your device, so we can see how the site is used. They show us which pages draw traffic and where readers tend to leave. Analytics services help us roll that traffic data into summaries. You can block cookies in your browser settings at any time, though a few parts of the site may act differently if you do.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping pages online and loading quickly
- Routing your search request to the correct partner service
- Learning which pages are useful and which need repair
- Diagnosing and fixing technical problems
- Serving advertising that may match your interests
No Warrant Data on File
We do not host, build, compile, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. What we publish is general guidance about where Emmet County warrant records are kept and how to reach the courts, the Sheriff's Office, and the state channels that hold them. 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 run on outside services. Whatever you enter into one of those tools is handled under that company's privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners set their own retention rules and sharing practices, and we have no say over them. Read the partner's policy before you submit a search.
Links to Other Websites
We link out to court portals, Sheriff's Office pages, Michigan state agencies, and outside search tools. Following one of those links takes you off this site, and from that point the destination's privacy policy applies to your visit. Read it before you share personal details.
Some advertising partners may follow your activity across sites in order to show targeted ads. That tracking happens on their systems, not ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. A limited set of parties may see some of it:
- Analytics providers that help us measure traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place advertising on our pages
- Search partners that handle the queries you run here
- Law enforcement or government bodies responding to a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
We use standard security practices for the data we hold. No system connected to the internet is unbreakable, and we will not pretend otherwise. We take reasonable steps to protect what we collect, and we cannot promise that a breach will never occur.
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 sent us information, contact us and we will remove it promptly.
Your Data Rights
Privacy and consumer-protection law in your state may give you rights over the information a business holds about you, and we honor reasonable requests regardless of where you live. At a minimum you may:
- Ask for a copy of what we hold about you
- Ask us to correct something that is wrong
- Ask us to delete your data
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Michigan's Freedom of Information Act governs records held by government agencies, not by a private site like this one. A records request aimed at a court or the Sheriff's Office goes to that office, and the details are covered on our contact page.
Updates to This Policy
We may revise this policy as the site changes. When we do, the new version appears here with a fresh effective date, and the date below is the one to check.
Effective date: September 15, 2026