This service is privately owned, has no government affiliation, and is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Neither the service nor its advertising partners offers FCRA-covered reports or decisions. The pages point toward Montgomery County and Illinois records resources, but they do not hold official records.
What This Service Is
The pages explain where to look for a Montgomery County Jail custody answer, a Sheriff FOIA record, a city police report, a Circuit Clerk case, an IDOC profile, or a federal locator result. The Sheriff's Office, Circuit Clerk, and city departments control their own records. This service cannot confirm custody, release anyone, file a document, or alter an official record.
Search boxes and outbound links may involve third-party research tools. Their data, pricing, uptime, and terms are separate from these terms. Illinois FOIA, including 5 ILCS 140/3, controls requests to public bodies, not a private webpage.
Acceptable Use
Visitors agree to use the pages lawfully and responsibly. They must not:
- Break a law or violate another person's rights.
- Stalk, harass, threaten, or intimidate someone.
- Use the information for hiring, housing, lending, insurance, licensing, or another prohibited decision.
- Attempt unauthorized access to the pages, tools, or another system.
- Run bots, scrapers, or bulk collection against the service.
- Disrupt access for other visitors.
A person with a warrant concern should contact counsel or the issuing court. A visitor who recognizes someone in a public safety notice should use law enforcement or Crime Stoppers and should not approach the person.
No Consumer Reporting Services
This service is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. It does not provide background reports, credit reports, or consumer reports, and neither the service nor its advertising partners provides screening services. Users agree not to use pages, search results, or linked tools for:
- Hiring, firing, promotion, or other work decisions.
- Tenant or housing screening.
- Credit decisions or insurance premiums.
- Licensing, permits, or government-program eligibility.
- Any other purpose regulated by the FCRA.
Illinois' Consumer Fraud statute also addresses fees for changing or removing covered criminal-record information. The site does not sell a removal service and does not endorse one.
Outside Links and Tools
Outbound links may lead to the Montgomery County Sheriff, city police, Circuit Clerk, Judici, IDOC, BOP, ICE, VINE, news outlets, or third-party booking pages. The operator does not control their content, accuracy, data handling, availability, fees, or security. Read each destination's terms before submitting information.
No Warranties
Everything is provided “as is” and “as available.” No warranty is made about:
- Accuracy, completeness, or currency.
- Continuous availability or uptime.
- Freedom from errors, bugs, or security weaknesses.
- How complete or useful a partner's search result will be.
Custody statuses and public records change. Nothing on these pages is an official statement from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, a city police department, the Circuit Clerk, IDOC, or another government body.
Liability Limits
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operator is not liable for damages or losses arising from access to, reliance on, inability to use, or interaction with these pages or linked tools. Some jurisdictions limit exclusions, so the applicable law controls.
Indemnification
A user agrees to defend and hold the operator, its partners, and service providers harmless from claims, losses, costs, and reasonable legal fees arising from the user's use of the service, violation of these terms, or unlawful conduct.
Intellectual Property
Unless identified otherwise, the text, layout, graphics, logo, and code belong to Montgomery County Busted Mugshots or its content partners. Visitors may not copy, distribute, modify, publish, or create a competing service from those materials without written permission, except where law allows.
Changes to These Terms
These terms may be changed at any time. Updated terms take effect when posted. Continued use after posting means the revised terms are accepted.
Access May End
Access to any page or tool may be limited, suspended, or blocked at any time and for any reason, with or without notice. This may include technical, security, abuse, or operational reasons.
Illinois Governing Law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Disputes should be filed in a court located in Illinois unless another venue is required by law.
Severability
If a court finds one part of these terms invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue. The affected provision will be narrowed or adjusted only as much as needed to make it enforceable.
Questions About Use
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Get in Touch page. Questions about Montgomery County custody, booking records, or court files must go to the official office that maintains the record.