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This policy explains what information Montcalm County Warrant Records collects when someone visits the site, what we do with that information, and when it may be shared. We keep the data trail short. Browsing any page here means you accept the practices described below. The sections that follow cover the search queries typed into the lookup tools, basic analytics, cookies, and messages sent to us, then set out the Michigan rules that govern public records and personal privacy. Read it before you use the site, and treat it as the standing agreement between you and this reference.

Data You Give Us Directly

Search Queries

A name or birth year typed into a search box travels straight to the outside provider that runs that search. The provider processes the request and returns the results. We do not keep or log the terms you enter, so nothing you type stays on our servers.

Messages and Contact Submissions

An email you send us is kept so we can write back. Those messages stay inside our team, and we do not pass them to anyone outside the organization unless the law requires it.

Data We Gather Automatically

Our servers record a small set of technical details each time a page loads:

  • The IP address your device is using
  • The browser you are on and its version
  • Your device type and operating system
  • Pages viewed and the time spent on each
  • The referring site, when one exists
  • A timestamp for every page view

Cookies and Analytics

This site uses cookies, which are small files a site stores on your device. They help us see which pages draw the most traffic and where readers lose interest. Analytics services pull that traffic data into aggregate reports. You can block cookies in your browser settings at any time, though a few parts of the site may behave differently if you do.

What We Do With This Data

We put the information described above to a short list of practical purposes:

  • Keeping the site online and loading quickly
  • Passing your search request to the correct partner service
  • Seeing which pages help readers and which need work
  • Finding and fixing technical problems
  • Displaying ads that may relate to your interests

No Warrant Data on File

This site does not host, compile, sell, or maintain any database of warrants or personal warrant records. We publish general guidance about where Montcalm County warrant records sit and how to reach them, which means the 64B District Court and the 8th Judicial Circuit Court for court files, and the Sheriff for service and jail questions. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing we collect about visitors is assembled into a consumer report or a file about a third party.

Third-Party Search Partners

The search boxes on this site are run by outside companies. Whatever you type into one is processed under that company's privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners set their own retention and sharing rules, and we have no control over them. Read the partner's policy before you submit a search.

Links to Other Websites

We link to court pages, sheriff and county offices, state agencies, and outside search tools throughout the site. Following one of those links takes you off our pages, and the destination's privacy policy takes over from there. Read it before you share personal details.

Some advertising partners may track activity across sites in order to show targeted ads. That tracking runs on their systems, not ours.

Who Might See Your Data

We do not sell personal data. A few categories of information may reach:

  • Search partners that handle the queries you run here
  • Analytics services that measure traffic and performance
  • Ad networks that place advertising on our pages
  • Law enforcement or a government body when a valid legal order requires it

How We Protect Your Data

We use standard security practices to guard the data we collect. No internet service can promise perfect safety, so we work to keep your information secure while acknowledging that a breach can never be ruled out entirely.

Users Under 18

This site is built for adults, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has given us data, contact us and we will remove it.

Your Data Rights

Michigan's Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231 et seq., governs public access to records held by Michigan public bodies, including a good deal of the material this site points to. That law shapes how you can ask the county for records. Where the subject is your own information, you can generally:

  • Ask for a copy of what we hold about you
  • Have us correct information that is wrong
  • Request that your data be erased
  • Opt out of certain kinds of processing

Court files follow a different set of rules. Public court records are generally open under MCR 8.119, though a record can be sealed or kept nonpublic, and copies may carry a fee. Law-enforcement records can be withheld or redacted under MCL 15.243 when an exemption applies.

Updates to This Policy

This privacy policy may change later. When it does, the revised version goes up on this page with a new effective date, so check back if you want to track how your information is handled.

Effective date: September 15, 2026