Terms of Use

These Terms of Use set the conditions for visiting DeKalb County Busted Mugshots and using its pages or search tools. If you do not accept these terms, do not use the site.

DeKalb County Busted Mugshots is a privately owned reference site with no affiliation with any local, state, or federal government body, sheriff’s office, jail, or corrections department. Neither this site nor its advertising partners provides FCRA-covered services. The site points visitors toward DeKalb County, Illinois, custody and records resources; it is not a private investigation firm and is not a consumer reporting agency.


What this site provides

This is a private reference service. It stores no official government records, cannot confirm a person’s current custody, cannot release anyone, and cannot file a government document for a visitor.

Its pages explain where DeKalb County jail, city police, court, state custody, federal, and immigration records may be found. Some pages also connect visitors with third-party research tools. The source owner, not this site, controls the underlying record and its status.


Rules for using the site

Use the site lawfully and in a way that respects other people and the service itself.

  • Do not use the site to violate any law or regulation.
  • Do not stalk, harass, threaten, or target another person.
  • Do not attempt to enter accounts, systems, or data without authorization.
  • Do not run bots, scrapers, or automated requests against the site or its tools.
  • Do not interfere with the site’s operation or make it unavailable to others.
  • Do not misrepresent this private site as a government office or official record source.

No consumer reporting or FCRA use

This site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It does not provide background checks, credit reports, consumer reports, or screening services, and neither do its advertising partners through this site. You agree not to use information from this site or a linked partner tool for an FCRA-covered purpose, including:

  • Employment decisions, including hiring, promotion, retention, or firing
  • Housing or tenant screening decisions
  • Creditworthiness decisions or insurance underwriting and premiums
  • Licensing, permits, or eligibility for a government program
  • Any other purpose regulated by the FCRA

Links to other sites

Pages may link to city police systems, jail and corrections resources, court portals, government agencies, federal locators, immigration tools, and outside search services. DeKalb County Busted Mugshots does not control those destinations, their content, their data handling, their availability, or their terms. Read the destination’s own rules before using it.


Information is provided as is

The site and its content are supplied “as is” and “as available.” No warranty is made that the information or services will be:

  • Accurate, complete, or current
  • Available without interruption
  • Free of errors, bugs, or security weaknesses
  • Complete in the results returned by a partner search tool

Custody status, court records, agency pages, and public data can change without notice. Nothing on this site is an official statement from the DeKalb County Sheriff, a city police department, the State of Illinois, or another government agency.


Limit on liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, DeKalb County Busted Mugshots and the people who operate it are not liable for damages or losses arising from access to, reliance on, or use of the site, its content, or a linked service.


Indemnification Terms

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless DeKalb County Busted Mugshots and its operators from claims, losses, liabilities, costs, and reasonable legal fees that arise from your use of the site or your violation of these terms.


Intellectual property

The site’s original text, graphics, logos, layout, and code belong to DeKalb County Busted Mugshots or its content partners, as applicable. You may not copy, distribute, modify, or republish those materials without written permission, except where applicable law allows it.


Changes to these terms

These terms may be revised at any time. A new version becomes effective when it is posted on this page. Continued use after a change means you accept the revised terms.


Access may be revoked

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


Illinois law governs

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute must be brought in a court located in Illinois, unless applicable law requires another forum.


Severability of These Terms

If a court finds one part of these terms invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect. The affected provision will be narrowed or adjusted only as much as needed to make it enforceable.


Questions about these terms

Questions about these Terms of Use may be sent through the Contact Us page.