Terms & Conditions

Use of Merced County Recent Arrests means acceptance of these terms. Anyone who does not agree should discontinue use of the service.

This is a privately owned reference, with no affiliation to a government body, sheriff, jail, court, police agency, or corrections department. Neither this service nor its advertising partners provides an FCRA-covered service. It is not a private investigation firm or consumer reporting agency.


Nature of the Service

Merced County Recent Arrests points visitors toward inmate, jail, booking, court, and corrections resources serving Merced County and California. It may also connect visitors to outside research tools. It stores no official records, cannot confirm custody, cannot release a person, and cannot file a report, court form, or records request.


Acceptable Use Rules

Visitors must use the service responsibly and lawfully.

  • Do not violate a law or another person’s rights.
  • Do not stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or harm anyone.
  • Do not make decisions about hiring, housing, lending, insurance, or another regulated eligibility matter from this content.
  • Do not attempt unauthorized access to accounts, systems, or data.
  • Do not use bots, scrapers, or automated collection tools without written permission.
  • Do not impair the service or interfere with another visitor’s use.

No Consumer Reports

Merced County Recent Arrests is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It does not supply background checks, credit reports, or consumer reports. Its partners do not offer screening services through this site. Visitors agree not to use any content or linked result for:

  • Hiring, firing, promotion, or another employment decision;
  • Housing, lease, or tenant screening;
  • Creditworthiness, lending, or insurance pricing;
  • Licensing, permits, or government-program eligibility; or
  • Any other purpose governed by the FCRA.

Outside Resources

Links may lead to Merced County jail records, Sheriff pages, booking tools, courts, CDCR, federal locators, legal resources, or private search providers. A link is not an endorsement. We do not control an outside service’s content, privacy practices, prices, availability, or results. Review its current terms before use.


No Warranties

The service and its content are provided “as is” and “as available.” No warranty is made that information is accurate, complete, current, uninterrupted, secure, free from defects, or matched by a partner’s full results. Custody and public records change often. Nothing here is an official statement from the Merced County Sheriff’s Office, Main Jail, Superior Court, CDCR, BOP, ICE, or another agency.


Limits of Liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, the owners, contributors, and service providers are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or other damages arising from access, inability to access, reliance on content, or use of an outside link.


Your Duty to Indemnify

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the service, its owners, and its providers from claims, losses, costs, liabilities, and reasonable legal fees caused by your use, your submitted material, or your breach of these terms.


Intellectual Property

Original text, graphics, logos, page design, and code belong to Merced County Recent Arrests or the applicable content partner. They may not be copied, distributed, republished, or modified without prior written permission, except where law permits.


Changes to These Terms

These terms may change at any time. A revision becomes effective when posted. Continued use after that point constitutes acceptance of the current version.


Access May End

Access may be restricted, suspended, or terminated at any time, for any lawful reason, and without advance notice.


California Governing Law

California law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute must be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction in California.


Severability

If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. The affected term will be limited or adjusted only as needed to make it enforceable.


Terms Questions

Questions about these terms may be sent through Contact Us.