Terms & Conditions: Clark County Rules

These Terms & Conditions set the rules for visiting and using Clark County Busted Mugshots. The pages are a private reference to official Clark County, Illinois, custody, court, and records sources, together with clearly identified outside tools. Using the site means accepting these terms. Anyone who does not accept them should stop using the pages and the linked tools. Government offices and outside providers remain responsible for their own records, systems, policies, and decisions.

Clark County Busted Mugshots is privately owned and is not affiliated with a government body, sheriff, jail, or corrections department. Neither this site nor its advertising partners offer services covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, including consumer reporting for credit, employment, insurance, or tenant screening. The pages help visitors find Clark County and Illinois inmate and jail-record resources; they are not a private investigation firm or a consumer reporting agency.


What this private website provides

This site does not store official jail, booking, court, or corrections records. It cannot certify custody, release a person, or file a document for a visitor.

Its purpose is to explain where Clark County sources such as the sheriff, Illinois VINE, city police, the courthouse, and records offices may be found, while also identifying the limits of state, federal, and outside search systems.


Conditions for acceptable use

Use the pages in a lawful, respectful way and do not interfere with another visitor's access.

  • Follow all applicable laws while accessing or using the site.
  • Do not use the information to stalk, harass, threaten, or intimidate another person.
  • Do not base a hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decision on site content.
  • Do not seek unauthorized access to the site, its systems, or another user's information.
  • Do not run bots, scrapers, crawlers, or similar automated tools against the pages.
  • Do not overload, disrupt, damage, or interfere with the service or its users.

FCRA boundary and prohibited uses

Clark County Busted Mugshots is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. It does not prepare background checks, credit reports, or consumer reports, and neither the site nor its advertising partners provide screening services. A visitor agrees not to use information from these pages or a linked tool for a purpose covered by the FCRA, including:

  • Hiring, firing, promotion, or other employment decisions.
  • Tenant, housing, or residential screening.
  • Evaluating creditworthiness or setting insurance premiums.
  • Licensing, permits, or eligibility for a government program.
  • Any other use governed by the FCRA.

Links to other services

The pages may link to the Clark County Sheriff, Illinois VINE, city police, booking or records portals, state corrections, the Clark County courthouse, legal-aid resources, federal locators, and outside search services. A link is provided as a navigation aid and is not an endorsement. Clark County Busted Mugshots does not control those sites' content, data handling, fees, security, or availability. Review each destination's terms before using it.


Information is supplied as is

The site and its content are provided “as is” to the fullest extent allowed by law. No warranty is made about:

  • The accuracy, completeness, or current status of any information.
  • Uninterrupted or error-free access to the pages.
  • The absence of bugs, harmful code, or security weaknesses.
  • The thoroughness, price, or result of a partner search tool.

Custody statuses and public records can change without notice. Nothing on these pages is an official statement from the Clark County Sheriff, a police department, a court, the Illinois Department of Corrections, or another government agency.


Limits on liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Clark County Busted Mugshots and the people who operate it are not liable for damages or losses arising from access to, reliance on, or inability to use the site or a linked service.


Indemnification by the user

A user agrees to defend and hold harmless Clark County Busted Mugshots and its operators from claims, losses, costs, and expenses arising from that user's use of the site, violation of these terms, or unlawful conduct. This includes reasonable legal fees where permitted by law.


Ownership of site materials

Unless a different owner is identified, the site's text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Clark County Busted Mugshots or its content partners. Copying, distributing, selling, adapting, or modifying those materials requires written permission from the applicable owner.


Changes to these conditions

These terms may be revised at any time. A revised version becomes effective when it is posted on this page. Continued use after a change indicates acceptance of the updated terms.


Access may be restricted

Access to all or part of the site may be limited, suspended, or blocked at any time and for any reason, with or without advance notice.


Illinois law applies

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without treating another jurisdiction's law as controlling. A dispute must be filed in a court located within Illinois unless applicable law requires a different forum.


If part of these terms fails

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


Questions about the terms

Questions about these conditions may be sent through the Contacts page. Questions about custody, a charge, a court date, or an official record must go to the originating office.