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Terms of Use

These conditions govern every visit, search, and use of material on the Waupaca County Criminal History website. Accessing the website means the visitor accepts them. A person who does not agree should discontinue use.

NO FCRA USE. This private website is not affiliated with government and is not a consumer reporting agency. Neither its content nor its advertising partners may be used for credit, employment, insurance, tenant screening, or any other decision regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

1. What This Website Is

This is an independent reference resource, not a Waupaca County, Wisconsin, or federal office. It does not hold official criminal records, retrieve files, perform official checks, or submit documents. It points readers to custodians such as the Clerk of Circuit Court, Sheriff’s Office, Wisconsin Department of Justice Crime Information Bureau, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry, as well as outside search services.

2. Rules for Using This Site

Visitors must obey federal, Wisconsin, and local law. They may not harass or threaten a person, make a prohibited FCRA decision, gain unauthorized system access, run bots or scrapers, interfere with site performance, or prevent another visitor from using the service.

3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination

Information obtained here or from a linked source cannot be used to intimidate, stalk, threaten, harass, or unlawfully discriminate. This restriction is especially important for Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry information. Wis. Stat. § 301.45 governs registration, and registry information exists for public safety rather than confrontation or vigilantism.

4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

No consumer report, credit report, or screening report is created here. A visitor agrees not to use content or linked tools for hiring, firing, housing, lending, insurance, license, permit, benefit, or other FCRA-regulated eligibility decisions. An official Wisconsin check or an FCRA-compliant provider must be used when law and purpose require one.

5. No Legal Advice

Descriptions of Waupaca County records and Wisconsin procedure are educational only. They do not determine how a charge, conviction, warrant, juvenile restriction, or expungement rule applies to a particular person. Obtain advice from a licensed Wisconsin attorney.

6. No Warranties

Content and services are supplied "as is" without a promise that information is accurate, complete, current, uninterrupted, secure, or error free. Partner search results may also be incomplete or wrong. Government files change through filing, amendment, dismissal, correction, and expungement, so an originating office must verify any material on which a reader plans to rely.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

Links can lead to Waupaca County offices, Wisconsin portals, courts, legal resources, and commercial providers that the operator does not control. Each destination is responsible for its prices, availability, content, privacy practices, and terms. Review those rules before using the service.

8. Intellectual Property

Unless another owner is identified, the website’s text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Waupaca County Criminal History or its content partners. Copying, modifying, redistributing, or building on that material requires prior written permission.

9. Limits on Our Liability

To the fullest extent Wisconsin law permits, the operator is not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential loss arising from use of the website, inability to use it, or reliance on content or a linked service.

10. Indemnification

A visitor agrees to defend and hold the operator harmless from claims, demands, actions, costs, and reasonable legal fees caused by that visitor’s use of the website or breach of these terms.

11. Governing Law

Wisconsin law governs these terms, including applicable provisions of the Wisconsin Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31-19.39, when official records are discussed. Any dispute about use of this private website must be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction in Wisconsin.

12. Changes to These Terms

The operator may revise these conditions. A revision becomes effective when posted unless the updated text states a later date.

13. Cutting Off Access

Access may be suspended or blocked without advance notice when the operator decides that restriction is necessary.

14. Severability

If one provision is found invalid or unenforceable, it will be narrowed only as needed and the remaining terms will continue in force.

15. Questions

The Contact page identifies official record custodians and the scope of help available from this private resource.