Clinton County Busted Mugshots is a privately owned Illinois reference service. It is not affiliated with a government body, sheriff, jail, corrections department, or other official office. Neither this service nor its advertising partners offers a consumer-reporting service under the FCRA. The material points people toward inmate and jail-record resources in Clinton County and Illinois; it is not a private investigation firm and is not a consumer reporting agency.
The Nature of This Service
This is a private reference site with no official connection to the Clinton County Sheriff's Office, Clinton County Jail, city police agencies, IDOC, or federal custodial agencies. It does not store official rosters, booking records, court files, or government databases. It cannot confirm a person's current custody, release anyone, post bond, or file a document for a visitor.
Its purpose is to point visitors toward Clinton County jail and inmate resources, the county FOIA route, city records offices, court and Judici materials, state custody searches, and third-party research tools. Each outside provider controls its own records, pricing, terms, results, and data handling.
Conditions for Acceptable Use
Use the pages in a lawful and respectful way. By using the service, you agree that you will not:
- Use the pages to violate a law, court order, or another person's legal rights.
- Use information to stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or harm anyone.
- Make hiring, housing, lending, insurance, or similar decisions from the material on the site.
- Try to enter an account, server, system, or data source without authorization.
- Run bots, scrapers, crawlers, or bulk collection tools against the service.
- Interfere with availability, security, performance, or another visitor's use.
No Consumer Reporting Service
The service is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It does not create background checks, credit reports, or consumer reports, and neither the site nor its advertising partners provides screening services. The visitor agrees not to use information from this service or a linked tool for an FCRA-covered purpose, including:
- Hiring, promotion, retention, or firing decisions.
- Tenant, housing, or residential screening.
- Judging creditworthiness or setting insurance premiums.
- Professional licensing, permits, or government-program eligibility.
- Any other use governed by the FCRA.
Links to Other Services
Links may lead to the Clinton County Sheriff, city police records offices, the county FOIA page, the Circuit Clerk and Judici, IDOC, federal locators, ICE, legal-aid resources, and outside research services. Clinton County Busted Mugshots does not control those destinations, their content, privacy practices, fees, security, or uptime. Visitors should read the destination's terms before submitting information or relying on a result.
Information Provided As Is
All material and tools are supplied "as is" and "as available." No warranty is made about:
- Accuracy, completeness, freshness, or suitability for a particular purpose.
- Continuous access or uninterrupted uptime.
- Freedom from errors, bugs, harmful code, or security weaknesses.
- How complete or useful a partner's search results will be.
Custody status and public records can change without notice. Nothing on these pages is an official statement from a sheriff's office, jail, court, government agency, or corrections department.
Limit of Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, Clinton County Busted Mugshots and the people who operate it are not liable for losses, costs, claims, or other damages that result from accessing, relying on, or being unable to use the service or a linked provider.
Your Indemnification Promise
You agree to defend and hold harmless Clinton County Busted Mugshots, its operators, and its content partners from claims, losses, liabilities, and expenses arising from your use of the service, your violation of these terms, or your violation of another person's rights. This includes reasonable legal fees and related costs.
Ownership of Site Material
The text, graphics, logo, page design, and code belong to Clinton County Busted Mugshots or its content partners unless a different owner is identified. No visitor may copy, republish, distribute, sell, adapt, or modify those materials without written permission from the applicable owner.
Updates to These Terms
These terms may be changed at any time. A revised version becomes effective when it is posted on the site, unless a later effective date is stated. Continued use after posting means the visitor accepts the revised language.
Access May Be Revoked
Access to some or all of the service may be limited, suspended, or blocked at any time and for any reason, with or without advance notice. A violation of these terms is one reason access may be restricted, but no particular warning or restoration is promised.
Illinois Law Applies
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without applying a conflict-of-law rule that would select another jurisdiction. A dispute must be filed in a court located within Illinois, unless applicable law requires a different forum.
If One Clause Fails
If a court finds any part of these terms invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. The affected language will be narrowed or adjusted only as much as needed to make it enforceable while preserving the intended result.
Questions About Use
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Get in Touch page. Questions about custody, booking records, court cases, or release must go to the official agency that holds the record.