Terms of Use

The Site's Limited Role

This is a privately operated reference website with no official authority and no affiliation with a sheriff, police department, jail, court, corrections department, or other public office. It stores no government records. We cannot verify whether someone is currently confined, arrange a release, change a court file, accept an open-records application for an agency, or file legal documents for a visitor.

The pages point readers toward resources that may concern Hancock County arrests, the neighboring Breckinridge detention route, Kentucky corrections, courts, and federal custody systems. Some search features connect visitors with outside research providers. Those links do not turn this site into the custodian of the information returned.

Conditions for Site Use

• Use the website only for lawful purposes and in compliance with applicable rules.
• Do not use information found here to stalk, intimidate, harass, or threaten another person.
• Do not rely on site content when making employment, housing, lending, credit, or insurance decisions.
• Do not try to reach accounts, servers, data, or restricted areas without authorization.
• Do not operate automated bots, crawlers, scrapers, or similar collection systems against the site.
• Do not interfere with the site's operation or prevent another visitor from using it normally.

No Consumer Reports

Hancock County Busted Mugshots is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It does not prepare background checks, credit reports, or consumer reports. Its advertising and search partners do not offer screening services through this site. By using the pages or tools, you agree that you will not use any information obtained here for:

• Deciding whether to hire, retain, discipline, or dismiss a worker;
• Evaluating an applicant or resident for a lease, tenancy, or housing opportunity;
• Assessing creditworthiness, extending credit, or setting insurance eligibility or premiums;
• Determining eligibility for a license, permit, benefit, or government program where consumer-reporting rules apply; or
• Any other decision or purpose regulated by the FCRA.

Outside Resources and Services

Links may lead to sheriff and police pages, detention information, court portals, Kentucky Department of Corrections resources, legal-aid information, federal or immigration custody tools, news outlets, and independent search providers. These destinations operate under their own policies. A link is offered for convenience and does not endorse the destination or guarantee its accuracy. We do not control an outside site's content, availability, security, or data practices. Review that provider's terms and privacy notices before using it.

Information Provided As Is

The website, its text, its links, and any connected feature are supplied “as is” and “as available.” To the extent permitted by law, no express or implied warranty is made that:

• Information will be accurate, complete, or current;
• The website will always remain available without interruption;
• The site will be free of mistakes, software defects, or security weaknesses; or
• An outside partner's search results will be complete or comprehensive.

Custody, release, charges, and public-record entries can change without notice. Nothing published here is an official statement from the Hancock County Sheriff, Hawesville or Lewisport Police, Breckinridge detention officials, Kentucky corrections, or another government agency. Confirm a fact with the public office that created the record.

Limits on Liability

To the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, Hancock County Busted Mugshots, its owners, operators, content providers, and partners will not be responsible for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive loss arising from access to, inability to access, reliance on, or use of this site or an outside resource linked from it.

Your Duty to Indemnify

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Hancock County Busted Mugshots and its owners, operators, partners, and content providers from claims, losses, liabilities, costs, and reasonable legal fees arising from your use of the website, misuse of its information, violation of another person's rights, or breach of these Terms of Use.

Ownership of Site Materials

Unless a separate source or license states otherwise, the site's original text, graphics, logos, design elements, and code belong to Hancock County Busted Mugshots or its content partners. You may not reproduce, distribute, publish, modify, sell, or create derivative works from those materials without prior written permission from the rights holder.

Revisions to These Terms

We may revise these Terms of Use at any time. A revised version becomes effective when it is posted on this page. Continued use after publication of a change means that you accept the updated terms.

Suspension or Loss of Access

We may restrict, suspend, or terminate access to some or all of the website at any time, for any reason, and without advance notice. This authority includes action taken in response to suspected misuse or a violation of these terms.

Kentucky Law Controls

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute concerning these terms or use of the website must be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction in Kentucky. References to public records on the site may include Kentucky's Open Records Act, including KRS 61.870 through KRS 61.884, but those statutes do not make this private site a public agency or records custodian.

If One Provision Is Invalid

If a court finds any provision of these terms unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, that provision will be adjusted only to the minimum extent necessary or separated from the remainder. Every other provision will continue in effect.

Questions About These Terms

Questions concerning these conditions may be submitted through the Contact Us page.