NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website is not connected with any government body and is not a consumer reporting agency. Neither it nor its advertising partners offers services for credit, employment, insurance, tenant screening, or another purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Its role is limited to helping readers locate Crawford County and Illinois criminal-record resources.
1. What This Website Is
This is an independent reference website with no government affiliation. It neither stores official records nor performs official background checks, retrieves files, or submits documents. It identifies the Crawford County sheriff and courts, Illinois State Police BOI, and Illinois State Police Sex Offender Registry as appropriate official sources, and it may connect visitors to outside research tools.
2. Rules for Using This Site
When using the website, you agree not to:
- Violate any local, Illinois, or federal law
- Stalk, threaten, or harass another person with information found here
- Use content for employment, housing, credit, or insurance decisions
- Seek unauthorized entry to any website system
- Deploy bots, scrapers, or other automated collection tools
- Interfere with availability or access for other visitors
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
Information obtained here or through a linked tool may not be used to intimidate, threaten, stalk, harass, or discriminate against anyone. This prohibition is especially important for the Illinois State Police Sex Offender Registry, whose data serves community safety and may not be used for harassment or vigilante conduct. Misuse may violate Illinois law.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
We do not create background checks, credit reports, or consumer reports and are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. Neither this website nor its advertising partners provides a service designed to evaluate job applicants, rental applicants, insurance eligibility, or creditworthiness. You must not use information from the website or a linked tool to:
- Make hiring or termination decisions
- Evaluate a housing or rental application
- Set insurance terms or judge creditworthiness
- Determine eligibility for a permit, license, or government benefit
- Carry out any other FCRA-regulated activity
An official, legally compliant check for a regulated purpose must come from Illinois State Police BOI or a qualified FCRA-compliant screening provider.
5. No Legal Advice
Website content is general information, not legal advice. It cannot determine how a Crawford County charge, conviction, warrant, sealing rule, or expungement provision applies to a particular person. Consult an Illinois-licensed lawyer for that analysis.
6. No Warranties
All content and functions are supplied “as is.” We make no promise that:
- Information will always be complete, accurate, or current
- Access will remain uninterrupted
- Pages will contain no errors or security weaknesses
- Outside search results will be accurate or comprehensive
Charges, dispositions, custody entries, sealing orders, and expungement actions can change. Nothing published here is an official statement from Crawford County, Illinois State Police, a court, or another government agency.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may lead to government offices, courts, legal-aid organizations, advertisers, and outside search providers. We do not control a destination's content, availability, fees, data practices, or terms. Review that provider's conditions before using its service.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Crawford County Criminal History or its content partners. They may not be copied, modified, distributed, or used to create derivative work without prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the broadest extent allowed by law, we are not responsible for damages arising from use of the website, including reliance on its content or on information from a linked service.
10. Indemnification
You agree to defend and hold us harmless against claims, demands, actions, legal fees, and related costs resulting from your use of the website or your violation of these terms.
11. Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms. A dispute arising from use of the website must be brought in a court located in Illinois. Public-record access mentioned in website content includes the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, and the Uniform Conviction Information Act, 20 ILCS 2635, where each applies.
12. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these terms. A revised version takes effect when it is posted on this page.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access to the website may be restricted or ended at any time, for any reason, without advance notice.
14. Severability
If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms continue in effect. The affected provision will be adjusted only to the minimum extent needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these terms may be submitted through the Contact page.