Policies

DISCLAIMER

Every effort is made to ensure that the information provided on this and all pages is timely and correct. However, visitors should keep in mind that this information is provided only as a convenience to the public. Information on this website is believed to be accurate but is not guaranteed.

The office of Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court and the City of Dayton are neither responsible nor liable for any viruses or other contamination of your system nor for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions arising out of your use of this website or with respect to the material contained on the website, including without limitation, any material posted on this website.

This website and all materials contained on it are distributed and transmitted "as is" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

The office of Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court and the City of Dayton are not responsible for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damage that may arise from the use of, or the inability to use, the website and/or the materials contained on the website whether the materials contained on the website are provided by the Dayton Municipal’s Clerk of Court or a third party.

Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court’s Office and the City of Dayton reserve the right to make changes to this website including, without limitation, discontinuing this website or the services offered on this website and any associated terms and conditions at any time, with or without notice.

The office of Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court and the City of Dayton are not responsible for the content of any exterior links provided on this site.

This website is the property of the office of Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court. All of the pages contained within this site are maintained by the Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court Technology Division and the City of Dayton Information Technology Department.

The modification, updating, defacing or alteration of any page or any data connected with this site is prohibited without the express written permission of the office of Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court or the administrator of this website. Additionally, legal documents may not be posted or referenced either on or off the internet, especially in a manner to insinuate that they are the “official” or “original” documents. Instead links may be provided to the appropriate document or content this website.

The submission of purposefully harmful form data is prohibited and any users doing so will be blocked from the site and face potential legal action.

Unauthorized data mining, data collection, AI model training, and automated scraping are strictly prohibited. A public records request may be submitted by following the rules and processes set forth by the City of Dayton.

Users of this website are expressly prohibited from reproducing, publishing on-line, selling, reselling or otherwise disseminating data or information accessed pursuant to this policy, except as permitted by law. The information accessed is not intended or permitted to be used for commercial resale, except as permitted by law.

Links from external websites to any Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court website or web address are acceptable but must follow the following guidelines:

1) The website must be provided in its own window with full window resizing controls available to the user. It is not acceptable to load the website into a frame within another website.

2) The contents of the website should not be filtered or modified in a manner to purposefully alter the content of the web site.

PRIVACY POLICIES

Data Collection
By visiting the City of Dayton website, you have provided us with certain information. The City of Dayton does collect information about visitors, including the type of browser and operating system you use, the date and time you visited the site, the webpages or services you accessed and the website you visited prior to coming to the Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court website. This data is collected for analytical and statistical purposes to help better manage the site and better serve you. Software programs allow the office of Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court to compile this information and determine the most accessed parts of the website, the most effective e-services and any problem areas.

Industry-accepted technologies are used to safeguard all personally identifiable and sensitive information, as protecting the privacy of website users is a priority. The Online Payment Process and Records Search collects personal information from individuals wishing to research citations/cases or pay fines and costs online. Some of this information is retained and used to resolve the case(s) in question. Some payment information will become part of the public record.

Browser Level Information and IP Addresses
Our web server automatically collects limited information about your computer configuration when you visit our web site, including the type of browser you use, the operating system you are running, the resolution of your computer monitor, the web site that referred you, and your IP address. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers connected to the Internet to identify your computer so that data such as the web pages you want to view can be transmitted to you.

Under normal circumstances, this information is not used for any purposes except to assist in troubleshooting problems occurring with the site; however, Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court may also use this information to determine the identity of individuals involved in unauthorized alterations; actions in contradiction of the terms of service, and/or updates or interruptions of service involving this site. Both the laws of the United States and the State of Ohio prohibit the unauthorized defacement, updating, replacement, alteration or denial of access to any page or pages within this site.

E-mail
If you choose to send an electronic message to the Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court office using your own mail program, all information provided in that message will be used only to respond to your request. No personal, identifying information will be shared with any third party or other governmental agency not directly handling your request unless otherwise required by law. The City of Dayton may use your e-mail address to respond to you.

Please be informed that e-mail sent through your own mail program is not normally secured by encryption nor protected by confidentiality. You should not send personal or sensitive information by e-mail unless you wish to assume the risk that an unauthorized person may learn your e-mail address or information as your e-mail is transmitted.

Filling Out an Online Form or Application
Online forms and applications may be used for account registration, customer service, or other e-government services. It is suggested that you do not submit personal or sensitive information beyond what is requested in any text box section of such online forms and applications.

If you voluntarily participate in an online survey, your e-mail address, response and other volunteered information may be collected. Survey information may be used for purposes identified by the survey. Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court’s office may use your e-mail address to respond to you if provided.

External Links
Links to external websites will cause you to leave the Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court website. These links are provided to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court or the City of Dayton. The linked sites are not under the control of Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court or the City of Dayton, and Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court or the City of Dayton is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites. No reference to another company's copyrighted materials (brand names, trademarks, etc.) is intended as a challenge to that copyright.

Disclosure To Third Parties
Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court will not rent, sell, or distribute any personally identifiable information entered into the website (name, address, phone number, etc.) or electronic mail address to any third party for marketing or mailing list purposes. Your credit card information will not be disclosed for any reason except those related to your transaction or as required by law.

Other Disclosures
We may occasionally release information about our visitors when release is appropriate to comply with law, to protect the rights, property or safety of visitors to our sites, the public, our customers, or our government and its employees, agents, partners and affiliates.

Official Participation in External Websites
Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court maintains official pages or accounts on several external websites (including social media) to better engage with residents and businesses. Your activity on those external websites is governed by their respective security and privacy policies. You should review the privacy policies of external websites before using them to ensure that you understand how your information may be used. You should also adjust privacy settings on your account on any external website to match your preferences.

Standards of Decorum for Social Media Engagement
Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court utilizes social media to engage the public in a proactive manner and to receive feedback on how to better serve Dayton's residents and businesses. To facilitate productive dialogue, comments and posts containing any of the following are subject to deletion:

Comments not directly related to the subject being discussed
Profane language
Sexually suggestive language
Personal attacks
Comments supporting or opposing a political issue or political candidate
Comments that promote discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, HIV status, marital status, sexual orientation, regional Appalachian ancestry or disability
Commercial advertising
Comments encouraging illegal activity
Comments violating a citizen's privacy
Comments violating the intellectual property rights of another party

Public Access to Information
In the State of Ohio, the public's right to access public records and government information is balanced by the individuals’ right to privacy. Ohio Revised Code §§1347 and 149.43 protect the use of and public access to personal information. ORC § 149.43 also prohibits the commercial use of public record.

Please be aware that information you voluntarily submit to or publish on a City page or a third-party site may be treated as public information. If you believe that your personal information is being used for a purpose beyond what was intended when submitted it, you should contact Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court at 937-333-4300 immediately.

Security
Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court and the City of Dayton is committed to safeguarding the integrity of it database and ensuring that this service remains available to all users. Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court’s office and the City of Dayton monitors network traffic through commercial software designed to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise damage the system. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law. Reasonable steps have been taken to protect private information, but this policy should not be construed as warranting a fail-proof security system.

Intellectual Property
All content on this website, including text, graphics, logos, button icons and images, is the property of or licensed by the Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The selection, arrangement, and presentation of all materials on this website (including information in the public domain), and the overall design of this website is the exclusive property of the City of Dayton and is protected by United States and international copyright laws.

All Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court or City of Dayton graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts and service names are trade dress of Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court or the City of Dayton. Such trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that in any manner disparages or discredits Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court or City of Dayton, its products or services, this website or any third parties.

License & Site Access
Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court grants you a non-exclusive limited license to access and use this website only for its intended purpose. This non-exclusive limited license does not authorize any user of this website to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with the express written consent of Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court. This license does not include any right to resell or make 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 merchant; or any use of data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This website or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of the Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court. You may not interfere with or disrupt the services of the Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court or the servers or networks connected to these services. You may not collect or store personal data about other users of this website. Any unauthorized use or attempts to use this website in an unauthorized manner terminates the permission or license granted by the Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court. Any use of this website for unauthorized purposes or violation of the terms of this notice may subject you to criminal penalties and/or civil liability for damages, brought by the Dayton Municipal Clerk of Court.