Terms of Use

Nature of the Site

This is a private reference website. It does not store official jail rosters, court records, booking photos, warrant files, or correctional records, and it cannot confirm custody status, release a person, accept bond, or file documents with a court or agency.

The site points visitors toward Barry County inmate and jail-record resources, including county sheriff pages, VINELink, MiCOURT, MDOC OTIS, BOP, ICE, and third-party research tools.

Acceptable Use

• Do not use the site in a way that violates any law or court order.
• Do not use information from the site to stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or harm another person.
• Do not rely on site content for hiring, housing, lending, insurance, or similar eligibility decisions.
• Do not try to gain unauthorized access to the site, its hosting systems, or partner tools.
• Do not use automated scraping, bots, bulk harvesting, or similar collection methods.
• Do not interfere with site availability or another visitor's ability to use the site.

No Consumer Reporting Use

Barry County Inmate Population is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It does not provide background checks, credit reports, tenant reports, employment reports, insurance reports, or consumer reports. By using the site, visitors agree not to use information from the site or linked partner tools for FCRA-covered purposes, including:

• Employment, promotion, discipline, or termination decisions.
• Tenant screening, lease decisions, or housing eligibility.
• Creditworthiness, lending, insurance pricing, or insurance eligibility.
• Licensing, permit, benefit, or government-program eligibility decisions.
• Any other purpose regulated by the FCRA.

Outside Links

The site links to government portals, sheriff and corrections pages, court lookup services, legal resources, and outside search providers. Those destinations are not endorsed as complete or error-free, and this site is not responsible for their content, availability, fees, data handling, or terms. Review each destination's rules before using it.

No Warranties

The site is provided as is and as available, without warranties of any kind. No promise is made that:

• Information will be accurate, complete, current, or suitable for a particular purpose.
• The site or any linked service will remain uninterrupted.
• The site will be free of errors, bugs, malware, or security issues.
• Partner search results will be complete, timely, or official.

Custody status, court filings, bond conditions, public-record responses, and agency pages change often. Nothing on this site is an official statement from Barry County, a sheriff's office, a court, or a corrections agency.

Limits on Liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, Barry County Inmate Population and its operators are not liable for losses or damages arising from use of the site, reliance on site content, inability to access the site, linked resources, partner tools, or user misuse of information.

Indemnification

Users agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Barry County Inmate Population and its operators from claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and legal fees arising from their site use, misuse of information, violation of these terms, or violation of another person's rights.

Intellectual Property

Text, layout, graphics, logos, code, and other site materials belong to Barry County Inmate Population or its content partners unless otherwise stated. Visitors may not copy, republish, distribute, sell, or modify site materials without written permission, except for ordinary personal use of publicly accessible pages.

Changes to Terms

These terms may be updated at any time. Updated terms take effect when posted on this page, and continued use of the site means the visitor accepts the revised terms.

Access Revocation

Access to the site may be limited, suspended, or blocked at any time, for any reason, and without prior notice.

Michigan Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute that must be filed in court shall be filed in a court located in Michigan when legally permitted.

Severability

If any part of these terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts remain in effect. The invalid part will be limited or revised only as much as needed to make the terms enforceable.

Questions

Questions about these terms may be routed through the Contact page.