Welcome to the Case Records Search System of the Cuyahoga County Probate Court.
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 Probate Court 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
Probate Court. 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 Probate
Court. 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 Probate Court without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags
or any other “hidden text” utilizing the name of the Cuyahoga County Probate Court
without the express written consent of the Cuyahoga County Probate Court. Any unauthorized
use terminates the permission or license granted by the Cuyahoga County Probate
Court.
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 Probate Court 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 Probate Court so long as the link does not
portray the Cuyahoga County Probate Court, 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://probate.cuyahogacounty.us/pa/
must be given its own window with full resizing controls available to the user.
It is not acceptable to load http://probate.cuyahogacounty.us/pa/
into a frame within another website. The contents of http://probate.cuyahogacounty.us/pa/
may not be filtered or modified in a manner that alters the content of the Website
of the Cuyahoga County Probate Court. Links from the Website of the Cuyahoga County
Probate Court to outside websites are provided for the convenience of the user.
The Cuyahoga County Probate Court 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 Probate Court 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 Probate Court and
is protected by United States and international copyright laws. All software used
on this Website is the property of the Cuyahoga County Probate Court 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 Probate Court 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 Probate Court on
an “as is” and “as available” basis. The Cuyahoga County Probate Court 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 Probate Court, 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
Probate Court.
Unauthorized Use
The Cuyahoga County Probate Court reserves the right to terminate the permission
or license granted by the Cuyahoga County Probate Court to use this Website for
any unauthorized use or alteration of this Website or its contents. The Cuyahoga
County Probate Court 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 Probate Court reserves the right to terminate the permission
or license granted by the Cuyahoga County Probate Court 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 Probate Court, 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
Probate Court.
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 Probate Court. We reserve the right make changes
to our Website, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time.
Our Address
Probate Court of Cuyahoga County
1 Lakeside Avenue West
Cleveland, Ohio, 44113
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://probate.cuyahogacounty.us/pa/
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 Probate 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 Probate Court, 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 Probate Court, 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 pccpc@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 Probate 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.