Independent-site disclosure. Mercer County Recent Arrests is privately owned and is not connected with Mercer County, a sheriff, jail, corrections department, court, or other government body. It helps visitors locate Mercer County and Illinois jail and public-record resources, but it is neither a private investigation firm nor a consumer reporting agency. Neither the site nor its advertising partners offers services for credit, employment, insurance, tenant screening, or another purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Nature of the Service
This independent reference website does not maintain official files for the Mercer County Sheriff, Mercer County Jail, local police, Illinois Department of Corrections, or any court. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, correct agency records, accept legal filings, or provide an official government response.
The pages point toward government sources and may connect users with outside research tools. A link or result is a starting point, not certification that a record is complete, current, or about the correct person.
Acceptable Use Requirements
You agree to use the site responsibly and lawfully. You must not:
- Violate federal, Illinois, local, or other applicable law
- Use information to stalk, harass, intimidate, or threaten
- Base hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decisions on site content
- Attempt unauthorized entry into accounts, servers, or restricted areas
- Operate bots, scrapers, crawlers, or automated collection tools
- Disrupt the service or another visitor's use of it
No Consumer Reports or Screening
Mercer County Recent Arrests is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It offers no background check, credit report, or consumer report. Advertising and search partners do not provide screening services through this site. You agree not to use information found here for:
- Decisions to hire, fire, promote, or retain a worker
- Tenant selection, housing approval, or lease decisions
- Creditworthiness, lending terms, or insurance premiums
- Licenses, permits, or government-program eligibility
- Any other purpose governed by the FCRA
Websites Operated by Others
Links may lead to jail or booking resources, sheriff and corrections sites, government portals, courts, legal aid, news sources, and outside search services. Those destinations operate independently. We do not control or endorse their content, privacy practices, security, data handling, accuracy, or availability. Review their own terms before use.
Service Provided Without Warranties
The site, content, and tools are supplied “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent allowed by law, no express or implied warranty covers:
- Accuracy, completeness, or currency of information
- Continuous and uninterrupted availability
- Freedom from errors, defects, malware, or security weaknesses
- Coverage or thoroughness of partner search results
Public records and custody status change often. Nothing here is an official statement from the Mercer County Sheriff, a jail, a court, or any government office.
Limits on Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mercer County Recent Arrests and its owners, operators, contributors, and partners are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive loss arising from access to, reliance on, inability to use, or use of the site, its content, tools, or linked services.
Your Duty to Indemnify
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Mercer County Recent Arrests, its owners, operators, contributors, and partners from claims, liabilities, losses, damages, expenses, and reasonable legal fees caused by your use, your violation of these terms, or your infringement of another person's rights.
Ownership of Site Materials
Unless a source notice says otherwise, original text, graphics, logos, layout, and code belong to Mercer County Recent Arrests or its content partners. You may not copy, publish, distribute, sell, modify, or create derivative material from them without prior written permission.
Future Changes to These Terms
We may revise these terms at any time. A new version takes effect when posted here. Continued use after posting means you accept the revised conditions.
Suspension or Loss of Access
We may restrict, suspend, or end access to all or part of the site at any time, for any reason, and without advance notice. This includes action to protect the service, enforce these terms, comply with law, or address disruptive conduct.
Illinois Law Controls
These conditions are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without applying rules that select another jurisdiction's law. Any dispute must be filed in an Illinois court with proper authority over the matter.
If One Provision Is Invalid
If a court finds one provision invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining terms continue in effect. The affected provision will be limited or adjusted only as much as needed to make it valid and enforceable.
Questions About These Conditions
Questions may be submitted through the Contact Us page. That contact route is not a Mercer County government office and cannot confirm custody or retrieve an official record.