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Terms of Use

These conditions govern every visit, search, and use of content on Wayne County Criminal History. Using any part of the website signals acceptance of all terms below. Anyone who does not agree must stop using the service.

NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website has no affiliation with Wayne County, Michigan, or any government body. The site and its advertising partners do not supply services for credit, employment, tenant, insurance, or other decisions governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). This is a records-reference resource, not a private investigation firm or consumer reporting agency.

1. What This Website Is

This private reference site operates independently of all public offices. It neither stores official criminal records nor retrieves records, conducts official checks, or submits documents for visitors.

Its role is to identify custodians of Wayne County records, including the Wayne County Sheriff, district and circuit courts, Michigan State Police CJIC, and Michigan PSOR, and to provide access to outside research tools.

2. Rules for Using This Site

Use of the site is conditioned on an agreement not to:

  • Deploy bots, scrapers, or automated collection tools against these pages
  • Use content for hiring, housing, lending, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated decision
  • Violate a federal, Michigan, or local law
  • Interfere with performance or prevent another visitor's access
  • Attempt unauthorized entry into any system or account
  • Stalk, threaten, or harass a person with information found here

3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination

No visitor may use site content or a linked tool to intimidate, stalk, threaten, harass, or discriminate against anyone. Michigan law, including MCL 28.734, places special limits on misuse of Michigan PSOR information and may impose criminal penalties. Registry access supports public safety awareness. It does not authorize vigilante acts or discriminatory treatment.

4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and do not create credit reports, consumer reports, or background checks. Our advertising partners do not offer these tools for evaluating applicants, renters, insurance eligibility, or credit. Data from this site or a linked tool may not be used to:

  • Set insurance terms or assess creditworthiness
  • Make an employment decision
  • Evaluate eligibility for a license, permit, or public program
  • Review a tenant or housing application
  • Carry out any other action regulated by the FCRA

A lawful check for such a purpose must come through an appropriate official or FCRA-compliant provider, not this resource.

5. No Legal Advice

Site content is not legal advice. General Wayne County record information cannot determine how a charge, warrant, conviction, or Michigan set-aside rule affects one case. A licensed Michigan attorney can address that question.

6. No Warranties

All services and content are supplied "as is." There is no promise that:

  • Outside search results will be complete or correct
  • Every fact will remain accurate, current, and complete
  • Pages contain no bugs, mistakes, or security weakness
  • Access will always be uninterrupted

Criminal records can change when charges are filed or dismissed and when qualifying entries are set aside. Updates may lag. No content here is an official statement by the Wayne County Sheriff, a court, Michigan State Police, or any other government office.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

Links can lead to sheriff pages, court systems, Michigan agencies, legal resources, and outside search services. Those destinations are beyond our control. We have no responsibility for their content, prices, availability, or data practices, and visitors should review the destination's own terms.

8. Intellectual Property

Wayne County Criminal History or its content partners own the site's text, graphics, logos, and code. Written permission is required before copying, adapting, distributing, or building upon that material.

9. Limits on Our Liability

To the broadest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for losses or damages arising from site use, including reliance on content supplied here or by a linked service.

10. Indemnification

You agree to protect and hold us harmless against a demand, claim, or action caused by your site use or breach of these terms, including related costs and legal fees.

11. Governing Law

Michigan law governs these terms. Any dispute tied to use of this website must be brought in a court located in Michigan. Michigan public-record access is governed by the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231 et seq., and criminal-history dissemination is addressed by MCL 28.241a.

12. Changes to These Terms

These terms may be revised at any time. A revision becomes effective when the new version is posted here.

13. Cutting Off Access

We may restrict or end a visitor's access at any time, for any reason, and without advance notice.

14. Severability

If one provision is held invalid or unenforceable, all other provisions remain effective. The affected term will be narrowed only enough to make it enforceable.

15. Questions

Questions about these conditions may be submitted through the Contact page.