NO FCRA USE. This privately operated site has no connection to a local, Iowa, or federal government body. Neither the site nor its advertising partners supplies a service for credit, employment, tenant, or insurance decisions, or for another purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The material identifies Dickinson County and Iowa record resources. We are not a consumer reporting agency or private investigation firm.
1. What This Website Is
Dickinson County Criminal History is a private reference site with no government affiliation. It does not keep official criminal records, retrieve a person's file, conduct an official background check, or submit legal papers.
The material directs readers to custodians such as the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, Iowa District Court, the Iowa DCI criminal-history repository, and the Iowa Sex Offender Registry. Some pages also provide access to outside research tools.
2. Rules for Using This Site
As a condition of access, you must not:
- Use the service in violation of federal, Iowa, or local law
- Threaten, stalk, intimidate, or harass another person with information found here
- Rely on site content for an FCRA-regulated credit, employment, tenant, or insurance decision
- Attempt unauthorized access to any account, server, or system
- Deploy a scraper, bot, or other automated collection process against the pages
- Interfere with site operation or another visitor's access
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
Information obtained here or through a linked service may not be used to harass, stalk, threaten, intimidate, or unlawfully discriminate against anyone. Such conduct may also violate criminal or civil law. Iowa Sex Offender Registry information calls for special care. Iowa Code chapter 692A makes the registry a public-safety resource, not permission for retaliation, trespass, or vigilante action.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and do not create consumer reports, credit reports, or official background checks. Our advertising partners are not presented as providers for FCRA-regulated screening. Information from these pages or a linked tool may not be used to:
- Make a hiring, retention, or termination decision
- Evaluate a rental or housing application
- Set insurance terms or assess creditworthiness
- Decide eligibility for a license, benefit, permit, or public program
- Carry out any other action covered by the FCRA
A lawful regulated purpose requires an appropriate official Iowa DCI process or a qualified FCRA-compliant provider, with all required consent and notice procedures.
5. No Legal Advice
The content is general information, not legal advice. It cannot determine how an Iowa charge, conviction, warrant, or expungement rule applies to one person's facts. A licensed Iowa attorney can provide advice about a specific matter.
6. No Warranties
All content and services are offered "as is" and "as available." We make no promise that:
- Any page is complete, accurate, or current at a particular moment
- Access will always be continuous or uninterrupted
- The service will contain no error, defect, or security weakness
- An outside provider's result will be correct or comprehensive
Charges, dispositions, custody, sealing, and expungement can change a record after publication. Verify all material with its government custodian. No statement here is an official statement of the sheriff, an Iowa court, DCI, or another public agency.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may lead to sheriff pages, Iowa court systems, government agencies, legal resources, or independent search providers. Those services are outside our control. We are not responsible for their availability, prices, data practices, terms, or content. Review the destination's policies before proceeding.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, logos, and code are owned by Dickinson County Criminal History or the applicable content partner. You may not reproduce, alter, distribute, or create a derivative work from protected material without prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any loss or damage resulting from use of the site, inability to use it, or reliance on information obtained here or from a linked service.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, demands, proceedings, and related expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising from your use of the site or violation of these terms.
11. Governing Law
Iowa law governs these terms, and a dispute arising from site use must be brought in a court with jurisdiction in Iowa. Iowa Code chapter 22 governs access to public-body records, Iowa Code chapter 692 controls state criminal-history dissemination, and Iowa Court Rules chapter 16 governs court-record access. Those authorities do not convert this private site into a government custodian.
12. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these conditions. An updated version becomes effective when it is posted on this page.
13. Cutting Off Access
We may suspend, restrict, or end access at any time and without advance notice.
14. Severability
If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, all remaining terms continue in effect. The affected provision will be limited only as much as necessary to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these conditions may be submitted through the Contact page.