Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
When you type a name or a date of birth into one of the search boxes on this site, that entry goes directly to the outside provider running the search. The provider processes the query and returns whatever it holds. We do not keep a log of the terms you enter.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you email us, we hold onto the message long enough to answer it. Your note stays with our team and goes no further unless a legal obligation requires otherwise.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each time a page loads, our servers receive basic technical details about the visit:
- The IP address your device is using
- Your browser and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- The pages you opened and how long each stayed on screen
- The referring site, when there is one
- A timestamp for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files placed on your device, to see how visitors move through the pages and where they stop. Analytics services help us total that traffic up. You can block cookies in your browser settings at any time, though some parts of the site may then behave differently.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping the site online and loading quickly
- Passing your search request to the correct partner service
- Working out which pages help readers and which need revision
- Finding and fixing technical problems
- Showing advertising that may match your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, build, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. We publish general guidance about where Dorchester County warrant records are held and how to check them through the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, the District Court clerk, and the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office. Maryland operates no public statewide warrant database, and we do not create one. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing we collect about visitors is assembled into consumer reports or files about other people.
Third-Party Search Partners
The search boxes on this site are run by outside companies. Whatever you type into one of them is handled under that partner's privacy policy rather than this one. Those providers decide their own retention and sharing practices, and we have no control over them. Read the partner's policy before you submit a search.
Links to Other Websites
We link out to Maryland court pages, sheriff's office pages, state statute text, legal aid organizations, and outside search tools. Following any of those links takes you off this site, and the destination's privacy policy then governs your visit. Read it before you share personal details.
Some advertising partners may track activity across sites in order to serve targeted ads. That tracking happens on their systems, not ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Limited information may reach:
- Search partners that handle queries you run from this site
- Analytics providers that measure traffic and performance
- Advertising networks that place ads on our pages
- Law enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order compels it
How We Protect Your Data
We use standard security practices to protect the data we hold. Nothing connected to the internet is completely safe, so we cannot promise that a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has sent us data, contact us and we will remove it.
Your Data Rights
Maryland law governs how government-held records are released, most directly through the Maryland Public Information Act at General Provisions §4-201 and the sections that follow it. That law applies to records held by public offices, not to a private reference site, and it does not limit the choices described here. On this site you can:
- Ask for a copy of what we hold about you
- Have inaccurate information corrected
- Ask us to delete your data
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
We may revise this privacy policy later. When that happens, the new version appears on this page with a fresh effective date. Check back if you want to follow how your information is handled.
Effective date: September 15, 2026