Welcome to the Case Records Search System of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts.
The services and/or information we provide through this Website are subject to the
Conditions of Use and to the Privacy Policy. Please read the Conditions of Use and
Privacy Policy carefully. If you use our Website, you accept these conditions and
policies.
I. Conditions of Use License and Site Access
The Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts grants you a limited license to access and make
personal use of this Website and not to download (other than page caching) or modify
it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of the Cuyahoga County
Clerk of Courts. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this
site or its contents; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading
or copying of account information for the benefit of another; or any use of data
mining, robots, scripts codes, other executables, or similar data gathering and
extraction tools. This Website or any portion of this Website may not be reproduced,
duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, published, or otherwise exploited for
any commercial purpose without express written consent of the Cuyahoga County Clerk
of Courts. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any logo or
other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of
the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts without express written consent. You may not
use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing the name of the Cuyahoga
County Clerk of Courts without the express written consent of the Cuyahoga County
Clerk of Courts. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted
by the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts.
Accessibility
In order for this Website to function properly, the Website must be accessed following
the web compatibility standards viewable here. The accessibility of this Website
online is subject to the terms set in the Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation
of Liability.
Intrusion Detection Monitoring
The Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts uses log files, firewall, and other hardware
and software to monitor for intrusions or unauthorized access.
Links
You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink
to the home page of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts so long as the link does
not portray the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts, its products, or its services in
a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner. If you use a hyperlink
to the Case Records Search System home page http://cpdocket.cp.cuyahogacounty.us
must be given its own window with full resizing controls available to the user.
It is not acceptable to load http://cpdocket.cp.cuyahogacounty.us
into a frame within another website. The contents of http://cpdocket.cp.cuyahogacounty.us
may not be filtered or modified in a manner that alters the content of the Website
of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts. Links from the Website of the Cuyahoga County
Clerk of Courts to outside websites are provided for the convenience of the user.
The Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts is not responsible for the content, reliability,
compatibility, suitability, or privacy practices of any such websites.
Copyright
All content included on this Website, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons,
images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the
property of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts or its contents suppliers and is
protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of
all content on this Website is the exclusive property of the Cuyahoga County Clerk
of Courts and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. All
software used on this Website is the property of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts
or its software suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright
laws. You may not modify the content, compilation of all content, and/or software
used on this Website.
Electronic Communications
When you visit the Website of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts or send electronic
mail, or E-Mail, to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You thereby
consent to receive communications from us electronically. We may communicate with
you by E-Mail or by posting notices on this Website. You agree that any agreements,
notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically
may satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. Any electronic
communication we may send is subject to the Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation
of Liability contained in the Conditions of Use.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
This Website is provided as a convenience by the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts
on an “as is” and “as available” basis. The Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts makes
no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation
of this Website or the information, content, materials, products included or services
provided through this Website, and specifically disclaims any warranty, express,
implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose. You expressly agree that your use of this Website is at your
sole risk. You expressly agree that neither the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts,
including but not limited to its elected and/or appointed officials, employees,
and agents, nor Cuyahoga County, including but not limited to its elected and/or
appointed officials, employees, and agents, shall be responsible for any claim,
demand, loss, damage, injury, judgment, debt, obligation, liability, or form of
action of any kind relating directly or indirectly to the use of this Website, the
posting of information or data on this Website, the accessing of information or
data on this Website, and/or the acts and/or omissions of any person or entity accessing
or using any information or data from this Website. This includes but is not limited
to claims arising out of or incident to incorrect or incomplete data or information.
All users are cautioned to verify independently any information or data obtained
from this Website with the official court record information maintained by the office
of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts.
Unauthorized Use
The Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts reserves the right to terminate the permission
or license granted by the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts to use this Website for
any unauthorized use or alteration of this Website or its contents. The Cuyahoga
County Clerk of Courts additionally reserves the right to take appropriate legal
action in any state or federal court for any unauthorized use or alteration of this
Website or its contents, and you consent to the jurisdiction and venue of such courts.
Offensive Use
The Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts reserves the right to terminate the permission
or license granted by the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts to use this Website if
you send, disseminate, or display text or graphics that is or may be construed as
obscene and/or offensive.
Applicable Law
By visiting the Website of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts, you agree that the
laws of the State of Ohio will govern these Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy
and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and the Cuyahoga County
Clerk of Courts.
Website Policies, Modification, and Severability
Please review our Privacy Policy on this Website. These policies govern your visit
to the Website of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts. We reserve the right make
changes to our Website, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time.
Our Address
Clerk of Courts Cuyahoga County
1200 Ontario Street
Cleveland, Ohio, 44113-1664
II. Privacy Policy
Web Cookies
Temporary cookies may be used when necessary by our web server software to complete
a transaction or to maintain the state of the connection. Cookies can be manually
cleared from the user’s system before and after a visit to http://cpdocket.cp.cuyahogacounty.us
with no detriment to the functionality of the site.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
We may collect and analyze certain information automatically, including but not
limited to the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the
internet; login; email address; password; computer and connection information such
as browser type and versions, operating system, and platform; registration history;
the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) , through, and from our Website, including
date and time; the internet address of the site from which you linked to our Website;
cookie number; pages you viewed, or what you searched for. The information we collect
from visitors becomes the property of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Court to be used
for internal purposes and as stated herein. The information will not be provided
or sold to third parties under any circumstances.
Public Record
Visitors to this Website should be aware that, subject to certain statutory exceptions,
most documents and records maintained by the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts, including
but not limited to electronic data, are public records under Ohio law. Therefore,
information submitted through this Website may be subject to disclosure pursuant
to a proper public records request.
Agents
We sometimes contract with other companies and individuals to perform functions
on our behalf. For example, we may hire a company or individual to develop a computer
program, help maintain our computer network, or process online transactions. These
parties have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but
may not use it for other purposes.
Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions
If you visit the Website of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts, your visit and
any dispute over privacy is subject to this Policy and our Conditions of Use, including
limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the
State of Ohio. If you have any concern about privacy at this Website, please send
us a thorough description by E-Mail at clerk_of_courts@cuyahogacounty.us , and we
will try to resolve it. The notice and the Conditions of Use may change, and use
of information we gather now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time
of use.
E-Mail
Electronic mail, or E-Mail, that is sent to us may be shared with our staff and
other county agencies to respond to or process the E-Mail and should not be considered
confidential.
Note: E-Mail is a non-secure method of communication. No sensitive or private information
should be transmitted to the Cuyahoga County Clerks of Court by E-Mail.
Online Forms
We may use online forms that ask for personal information. Personal information
is collected only when necessary to process the transaction for which it was requested
in the online form.