Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
Anything typed into a search tool on this site, whether a name, a date of birth, or a case number, passes straight to the third-party provider behind that tool. The provider processes the query and returns the results. Nothing entered in those boxes is stored or logged on our side.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email sent to us is kept so that we can answer it. Messages stay with our own team and are not shared outside the organization unless a legal obligation requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each time a page here loads, our servers pick up a few technical details about the visit:
- The browser you use, and its version
- The IP address assigned to your device
- Your operating system and device type
- Which pages you opened and how long each one stayed on screen
- The site that referred you here, when there was one
- A timestamp for every page view
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files placed on your device, to see how visitors move around. Analytics services help aggregate that traffic so we can tell which pages get read and where readers stop. Cookie blocking is available in every major browser, and turning cookies off may change how parts of the site behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Routing your search request to the correct partner service
- Keeping pages loading quickly and the site online
- Working out which pages help readers and which need revision
- Finding and fixing technical problems
- Displaying advertising that may relate to your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not compile, host, maintain, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. What it publishes is general guidance on where Lake of the Woods County warrant records are kept and how to check them, whether that means the county Court Administration desk, the Sheriff's Office, or Minnesota Court Records Online. This site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing gathered about visitors is assembled into consumer reports or files on other people.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies supply the search boxes used here. Whatever is typed into one of those boxes is handled under that partner's privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners decide their own retention and sharing practices, and we have no control over them. Read the partner policy before submitting a search.
Links to Other Websites
Links on this site point to Court Administration pages, state court records, sheriff's office pages, legal aid organizations, and outside search tools. Following one of those links takes you off this site, and from that point the destination's privacy policy applies. Read it before sharing personal details.
Some advertising partners may follow activity across sites in order to target ads. That tracking happens on their systems, not on this one.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. A limited amount of information may reach:
- Analytics services that measure traffic and performance
- Search partners that handle the queries you run here
- Advertising networks that place ads on these pages
- Government or law enforcement bodies when a valid legal order requires disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
Standard security practices are used to protect the data this site collects. No internet service can promise perfect safety, so we work to keep information secure while making no guarantee that a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. Personal information from anyone under 18 is not knowingly collected. If you believe a minor has sent data to us, contact us and it will be deleted promptly.
Your Data Rights
Minnesota's public records law, the Government Data Practices Act in Minnesota Statutes chapter 13, governs records held by government offices rather than records held by this private site. Its access rule at section 13.03 is the one to cite when you want a copy of a court or sheriff file, and sections 13.82 and 260B.171 set out the limits that apply to warrant index and juvenile data. For data held here, the choices below are honored on request:
- Ask for a copy of what this site holds about you
- Request correction of information that is wrong
- Ask us to erase your data
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
This 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