Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
When you enter a name or a date of birth into a search box on this site, that input passes straight to the outside provider that runs the search. The provider processes the query and sends back results. This site does not keep a copy of what you typed.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you send an email, that message is kept so someone can reply to it. It stays inside this organization. It is not shared with anyone else unless the law requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Whenever a page here loads, the server records a few technical details about the visit:
- The IP address your device is using
- The browser you use and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- Which pages you opened and how long each stayed on screen
- The site that referred you here, when there is one
- A timestamp for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files a browser stores on your device. They show which pages draw traffic and where readers move on. Analytics services gather that traffic data into reports. Your browser settings can block cookies at any time, though parts of the site may behave differently if you do.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping the site online and loading quickly
- Passing your search request to the right partner service
- Learning which pages help readers and which fall short
- Finding and fixing technical problems
- Showing advertising that may match your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, compile, maintain, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. It publishes general guidance about where Ionia County warrant records are held and how to check them through the Sheriff's Office, the courts that issue the orders, and the Friend of the Court. This is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing gathered about visitors is turned into a consumer report or a file about a third party.
Third-Party Search Partners
Search boxes on this site belong to outside companies. Whatever you enter into one of those tools is handled under that company's privacy policy instead of this one. Those partners set their own rules about how long they keep data and who they share it with, and this site does not control any of that. Read the partner's policy before you submit a search.
Links to Other Websites
This site links out to sheriff's office pages, court portals, state agencies, and third-party search tools. Choosing one of those links takes you away from this site, and the destination's privacy policy then applies. Read it before you share personal details.
Some advertising partners may follow your activity across sites in order to show targeted ads. That tracking runs on their systems rather than ours.
Who Might See Your Data
This site does not sell personal data. A limited set of information may reach:
- Search partners that handle queries you run here
- Analytics services used to measure traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place advertising on these pages
- Law enforcement or another government body, 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 system connected to the internet is beyond risk, and no site can promise that a breach will never occur. Reasonable steps are taken, and that is the honest limit of the promise.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. Personal information is not knowingly collected from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has sent data here, say so and it will be deleted promptly.
Your Data Rights
Michigan's public-records law, the Freedom of Information Act at MCL 15.231 through MCL 15.246, governs what a public body must release and what it may withhold. That law applies to government offices, not to this site. For any data this site itself holds about you, you can:
- Ask for a copy of what is on file 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. Check back if you want to follow how visitor information is handled.
Effective date: September 15, 2026