Terms & Conditions

These terms apply to use of Winston County Busted Mugshots. By accessing the site, a visitor agrees to the limits and responsibilities stated below.

This privately owned site is not affiliated with a government body, sheriff, jail, court, or corrections department. Neither it nor its advertising partners offers an FCRA-covered service for credit, employment, insurance, or tenant screening. It is not a private investigation firm or consumer reporting agency.


Nature of the Site

This is a private reference resource that points toward Winston County and Alabama records offices, public locators, and outside research tools. It stores no official records and cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or file a document.


Acceptable Use

Visitors must use the site lawfully and responsibly. They may not:

  • stalk, harass, threaten, or harm another person;
  • base hiring, housing, lending, insurance, or other FCRA-covered decisions on site content;
  • attempt unauthorized access to any system;
  • operate bots or scrapers without written permission;
  • disrupt access or violate another person's rights.

No Consumer Reports

This site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It supplies no background check, credit report, or consumer report. Visitors agree not to use its content for hiring or firing, tenant or housing review, creditworthiness, insurance pricing, licensing or government-program eligibility, or any other purpose governed by the FCRA.


Outside Links and Services

Links can lead to sheriff and jail contacts, courts, corrections systems, federal locators, legal resources, media, and outside search providers. Their inclusion is not an endorsement. We do not control their content, uptime, data handling, or terms, which visitors should review independently.


No Warranties

The site is provided “as is” and “as available.” No warranty is made that its content is accurate, complete, current, uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or that a partner search is comprehensive. Custody and court data can change at any time. Nothing here is an official statement by Winston County or another agency.


Limits of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site and its operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or other damages arising from access, use, inability to use, or reliance on the site or an outside service.


Indemnification

A visitor agrees to defend and hold the site and its operators harmless from claims, costs, and reasonable legal fees arising from that visitor's misuse of the site or violation of these terms.


Intellectual Property

Original text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Winston County Busted Mugshots or the relevant content partner. They may not be copied, distributed, modified, or republished without written permission, except where law permits.


Changes and Access

These terms may change, and a revision becomes effective when posted. Site access may be limited or revoked at any time, with or without notice, including for abuse or technical protection.


Alabama Law

Alabama law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute must be brought in an appropriate Alabama court.


Severability

If a court finds one part invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms stay effective. The affected provision will be limited only as much as needed to make it enforceable.


Questions

Questions about these terms may be sent through the Get in Touch page.

Effective date: August 13, 2026.