This privately owned reference site is not affiliated with a government body, sheriff, jail, or corrections department. Neither the site nor its advertising partners provide consumer reports, private-investigation services, or FCRA-covered credit, employment, insurance, or tenant-screening services.
Nature of the Website
This is a private guide with no government authority. It stores no official record and cannot verify custody, release anyone, post bond, or file a document.
Its purpose is to help visitors locate Hardin County and Iowa custody, jail, court, and records-request resources, including tools run by outside providers.
Acceptable Use
- Use the site only for lawful purposes.
- Do not stalk, harass, threaten, or harm another person.
- Do not base employment, housing, lending, insurance, or another regulated eligibility decision on site content.
- Do not attempt unauthorized access to the site or connected systems.
- Do not operate bots, scrapers, or other automated collection tools.
- Do not interfere with service or another visitor’s access.
FCRA-Prohibited Uses
This site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It and its advertising partners do not supply background checks, credit reports, or consumer reports. You agree not to use information for hiring or firing, tenant or housing screening, creditworthiness, insurance premiums, licenses, permits, government-program eligibility, or any other FCRA-regulated purpose.
External Resources
Links may lead to jail and sheriff pages, court or corrections portals, legal-aid material, custody locators, and independent search services. We do not endorse or control their content, privacy practices, terms, data handling, or uptime. Review each destination’s rules before using it.
Service Provided “As Is”
The site is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, uninterrupted operation, freedom from errors or security defects, or comprehensive partner results. Public records and custody status change frequently; nothing here is an official government statement.
Liability Limits
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the site and its operators will not be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or other damages arising from access, use, inability to use, or reliance on this service.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the site and its operators harmless from claims, losses, liabilities, and reasonable legal fees resulting from your use of the site or violation of these terms.
Intellectual Property
Unless stated otherwise, site text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Hardin County Recent Arrests or its content partners. They may not be copied, distributed, or modified without written permission.
Changes to These Terms
We may revise these terms at any time. Updated terms take effect when posted on this page.
Access to the Site
We may suspend, limit, or revoke access at any time, for any reason, without advance notice.
Iowa Law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Iowa, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute must be filed in a court with proper jurisdiction in Iowa. Iowa Code chapter 22 governs public-record requests made to Iowa government custodians; it does not make this private site a records custodian.
Severability
If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect, and the affected provision will be adjusted only as much as necessary.
Questions
Questions about these terms may be submitted through the Contact Us page.