NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website is not connected with a local, state, or federal agency. The website and its advertising partners do not provide a service for credit, employment, insurance, housing, or another decision regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Its purpose is to identify Buffalo County and Wisconsin criminal-record resources. It is neither a private investigation service nor a consumer reporting agency.
1. What This Website Is
This is a private reference site that operates independently of government. It does not hold official files, submit documents for visitors, obtain records on their behalf, or conduct an official background check.
Its content directs readers to the Buffalo County Sheriff, Wisconsin Circuit Court, Wisconsin Department of Justice Crime Information Bureau, Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry, and other custodians. Some pages also connect to outside research tools.
2. Rules for Using This Site
As a condition of access, you must not:
- Use bots, scrapers, or another automated system against the pages
- Interfere with performance or another visitor's access
- Attempt unauthorized entry into any system or account
- Use information to stalk, threaten, or harass a person
- Rely on the content for a lending, insurance, housing, or employment decision
- Violate any applicable local, Wisconsin, or federal law
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
Information obtained here or through a linked tool may not be used to stalk, intimidate, threaten, harass, or discriminate against anyone. Such conduct may also be criminal. Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry information is released for public safety under Wis. Stat. §§301.45-301.46. It cannot lawfully support vigilantism, threats, blacklisting, or discrimination.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
The website is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and does not create a credit report, consumer report, or official background check. Its advertising partners likewise are not presented as services for evaluating applicants, insurance risk, housing, or credit. You agree not to use this website or a linked tool to:
- Make a decision regulated by the FCRA
- Determine eligibility for a permit, license, or public benefit
- Set insurance eligibility, terms, or premiums
- Evaluate a rental or other housing application
- Make an employment decision
A legally regulated screening need must be handled through an authorized, compliant provider and according to the law governing that use.
5. No Legal Advice
The material is general information, not legal advice. It cannot determine how a charge, warrant, conviction, or Wisconsin expungement rule applies in a particular Buffalo County matter. Consult a Wisconsin-licensed attorney for advice about an individual case.
6. No Warranties
All content and functions are supplied "as is." No promise is made that:
- An outside search result will be accurate or complete
- Every page will be free from errors or security flaws
- The website will remain continuously available
- All information will be complete, accurate, and current
Criminal records change as cases are filed, resolved, sealed, or expunged. Updates and gaps are unavoidable. Only the responsible court, sheriff, Wisconsin DOJ unit, or other government custodian can issue an official statement or certified record.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links lead to government offices, court portals, Wisconsin agencies, legal resources, and outside search providers. Those destinations are independently operated. This website does not control their availability, fees, content, privacy practices, or accuracy. Review a destination's own terms before using it.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, logos, graphics, and code are owned by Buffalo County Criminal History or the applicable content partner. Written permission is required before copying, changing, distributing, or making a derivative work from protected material.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the operator is not liable for losses arising from use of the website, its content, or a linked service, including reliance on information obtained from them.
10. Indemnification
You agree to defend and hold the operator harmless from claims or demands caused by your use of the website or breach of these terms, including related legal fees and costs where allowed.
11. Governing Law
Wisconsin law governs these terms. Any dispute arising from website use must be filed in a court with proper jurisdiction in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Public Records Law applies to government custodians, not to this private operator.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised. A revision becomes effective when the updated text is posted on this page.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be restricted or terminated at any time, with or without advance notice.
14. Severability
If one provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. The affected language will be limited only as much as required to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these conditions may be submitted through the Contact page.