Terms & Conditions

Use of Brown County Recent Arrests means you agree to these terms and conditions. If you do not accept them, do not access or use this site.

Brown County Recent Arrests is privately owned and is not affiliated with a government body, sheriff, jail, court, or corrections department. Neither this site nor its advertising partners supplies services for credit, employment, insurance, or tenant screening under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The site is not a private investigation firm or consumer reporting agency. It only helps visitors locate Brown County and Illinois custody and public-record resources.


Nature of the Site

This is an independent reference service. It has no authority to act for Brown County, Schuyler County Jail, the Illinois Department of Corrections, or another public office. It stores no official government records and cannot verify custody, order a release, or file papers for a visitor.

The site points readers toward arrest, jail, court, and corrections resources and may connect them with independent research tools.


Acceptable Use

  • Do not use the site in violation of any law.
  • Do not use information to stalk, threaten, or harass another person.
  • Do not make employment, housing, lending, credit, or insurance decisions from site content.
  • Do not try to enter accounts, servers, or site areas without authorization.
  • Do not operate bots, scrapers, or automated collection tools.
  • Do not interfere with the site or another visitor’s access.

No Consumer Reports

Brown County Recent Arrests is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It does not issue background checks, credit reports, or consumer reports, and neither it nor its advertising partners provides screening services. You agree not to use site information for:

  • Hiring, discipline, or termination decisions
  • Housing or tenant screening
  • Creditworthiness, lending, or insurance pricing
  • Licensing, permits, or eligibility for a government benefit
  • Any other purpose regulated by the FCRA

External Resources

Links may lead to jail rosters, booking information, sheriff and corrections websites, public portals, legal-aid material, and outside search providers. A link is not an endorsement. We do not control those services, their content, privacy practices, or availability, so review their own terms before using them.


No Warranties

The site and its content are supplied “as is” and “as available.” We make no warranty that:

  • Information is complete, accurate, or current
  • Access will always be continuous
  • The site will be free from errors, defects, or security weaknesses
  • A partner search will return every relevant result

Custody and public-record status can change quickly. Nothing published here is an official statement by the Brown County Sheriff’s Office or another government agency.


Limits of Liability

To the fullest extent Illinois law permits, Brown County Recent Arrests and its operators will not be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential loss arising from access to, reliance on, or inability to use the site.


Your Duty to Indemnify

You agree to defend and hold the site, its operators, and its partners harmless from claims, losses, costs, and reasonable legal fees caused by your use of the site or your violation of these terms.


Ownership and Reuse

Text, graphics, logos, and code are owned by Brown County Recent Arrests or its content partners unless stated otherwise. You may not copy, distribute, alter, or republish them without written permission.


Changes to These Terms

We may revise these terms at any time. The updated terms become effective when they are posted on this page.


Ending or Limiting Access

We may suspend, restrict, or end access to all or part of the site at any time, for any reason, without advance notice.


Illinois Law Applies

Illinois law governs these terms. Any dispute must be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction in Illinois.


Severability

If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect. The affected provision will be narrowed only as much as needed to make it valid.


Questions About These Terms

Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact Us page.