Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
Anything you type into a search box on this site travels directly to the outside provider that runs that tool. The provider processes the entry and returns the results. We do not keep or log what you typed.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you write to us, we hold on to the message so we can answer it. That message stays with our team, and we do not pass it to anyone outside the organization unless a legal obligation requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each time a page here loads, our servers record a few technical details about the visit:
- The IP address assigned to your device
- Timestamps for each page view
- The browser you use, along with its version
- The site that referred you here, if there was one
- Your device type and operating system
- Which pages you opened and how long each one stayed on screen
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files your device stores so we can see how visitors move through the pages, including which pages draw the most traffic and where readers tend to leave. Analytics services help us pull that traffic data together. You can block cookies through your browser settings at any time, though some parts of the site may behave differently once you do.
What We Do With This Data
- Passing your search request to the right partner service
- Keeping the site online and loading quickly
- Tracking down and repairing technical problems
- Learning which pages help readers and which ones need another pass
- Displaying advertising that may relate to your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, compile, maintain, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. What we publish is general guidance about where Mower County court and law-enforcement records are held and how a reader checks them, including the sheriff's warrant desk, Mower County District Court, and the limited public case search the state provides. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing we collect about visitors is assembled into consumer reports or files about other people.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies power the search boxes on this site. Whatever you enter into those tools is handled under the partner's own privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners decide how long they keep data and who else sees it, and we have no say in either. Read the partner's policy before you submit a search.
Links to Other Websites
This site links out to sheriff's office pages, Minnesota court resources, legal aid groups, and outside search tools. Once you follow one of those links you are on someone else's site, and that site's privacy policy governs the visit. Read it before you share personal details.
Some advertising partners track activity across sites to target ads. That tracking happens on their systems, not ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Some information may reach:
- Ad networks that place advertising on these pages
- Analytics services we use to measure traffic and performance
- Search partners that handle the queries you run here
- Government bodies or law enforcement when a valid legal order requires disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
We follow standard security practices for the data we hold. No site connected to the internet is entirely safe, and we cannot promise that a breach will never occur. We do what we reasonably can to keep the information secure.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has sent us data, contact us and we will remove it.
Your Data Rights
Minnesota's Government Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. ch. 13, governs how state and local government agencies here handle data about the public, and it gives people the right to ask government offices to identify, explain, and provide access to the data those agencies keep. This site is privately run and is not covered by that law, but we follow the same spirit for the limited information we hold. At a minimum, you can:
- Request a copy of what we hold about you
- Ask us to correct information that is wrong
- Ask us to delete your data
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
We may revise this policy as the site changes. Any revision appears on this page with a new effective date, so check back if you want to follow how visitor information is handled.
Effective date: September 15, 2026