Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or date of birth typed into a search tool on this site travels straight to the third-party provider that runs that tool. The provider processes the input and returns the results. This site does not keep or log the terms entered.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email sent to this site is kept so that a reply is possible, and it stays inside this organization. It is not shared outside unless a legal requirement forces the disclosure.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each page load hands the server a small set of technical details about the visit.
- The IP address assigned to the device
- The browser name and version in use
- The type of device and its operating system
- Which pages were viewed and how long each stayed open
- The referring site, when one sent the visitor here
- A timestamp for every page view
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files stored on a device that show how visitors move through the pages, including which pages draw traffic and where readers leave. Analytics services aggregate that traffic data. Browser settings can block cookies at any time, though some parts of the site may behave differently when they are blocked.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping the site online and loading quickly
- Passing search requests to the partner service that handles them
- Learning which pages readers find useful and which need work
- Finding and fixing technical problems
- Showing advertising that may match a visitor's interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, compile, maintain, or sell databases of warrants or personal warrant records. It publishes general guidance about where Nicollet County court and sheriff records are kept and how to ask for them. It is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing collected from visitors is assembled into consumer reports or files about other people. A government record itself is governed by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, not by this policy.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies power the search boxes on this site. Anything typed into one of those tools is handled under that partner's privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners set their own retention and sharing rules, and this site does not control them. Read the partner's policy before submitting a search.
Links to Other Websites
Pages here link to county sheriff pages, Minnesota court resources, state statute pages, and third-party search tools. Following one of those links leaves this site, and the destination's privacy policy then applies. Read it before sharing personal details.
Some advertising partners may track activity across sites in order to target ads. That tracking runs on their systems rather than on this one.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. Some information may still reach:
- Search partners that handle queries run from this site
- Analytics services used to measure traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place advertising on these pages
- Law enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order requires it
How We Protect Your Data
Standard security practices are used to protect the data this site collects. No site connected to the internet is completely safe, so while reasonable steps are taken, a breach can never be ruled out entirely.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. Personal information is not knowingly collected from anyone under 18. If a minor has shared data here, a message to the site will get it deleted promptly.
Your Data Rights
Depending on where you live, state privacy and consumer-protection law may add rights over the data this site holds. Requests about a government record follow a different path: the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes ยง13.03, sets the access rule for government data, including the free inspection of public records. Over the data this site collects, you can at a minimum:
- Ask for a copy of what is held about you
- Have incorrect information corrected
- Request that your data be erased
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
This privacy policy may change over time. When it does, the revised version appears on this page with a new effective date, so check back to see how visitor information is handled.
Effective date: September 15, 2026