Terms of Use

What this network is

Court Daemon organizes public court transcripts, filings, dockets and courtroom video for searching and citation. These materials are published by courts, court reporters and news organizations. The network is a reference work, not journalism, advocacy or entertainment. It is not affiliated with any party to any case, court or law firm.

courtdaemon.com is the archive directory. The archive sites hold the case records and describe their sources and limitations.

Accuracy and the official record

Transcript sources vary by archive. They include court-reporter transcripts and text produced from courtroom video using speech recognition. Errors are possible in the archive text and its sources. See the About page and individual archives for sources and limitations.

The official court record always governs. Archive text is not a certified transcript and should not be relied on as one. Verify important passages against the official record before using them.

Supporting material

Archive sites include summaries, profiles, timelines and other guides to help readers navigate the records. This material describes the record and takes no position on guilt, credibility or the merits of a case.

Charges, testimony, and findings

The network covers active prosecutions, concluded criminal trials, and concluded civil litigation. Across all of them, charges, allegations, testimony, and argument are not findings of fact. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law, and where a charge did not result in a conviction that presumption is never displaced. Where a jury returned a verdict, the verdict is what the jury found and nothing else in the record carries that weight. The archives present the record on that basis and do not adjudicate what was true.

Not legal advice

Nothing in this network is legal advice, and using it creates no attorney-client relationship of any kind. If you have a legal question, consult a lawyer.

Corrections and removal requests

To report an error, use the report link on any archive page, or write to [email protected]. Please include the page address and enough of the passage to locate it. Verified errors are corrected.

To request removal, write to [email protected] and identify the specific material and the basis for the request. A person reads and answers every request.

Accurate public-record material is not removed solely because someone would prefer it were not searchable. The network acts on material that is inaccurate, subject to a sealing, impoundment or expungement order or equivalent legal restriction, or identifies a person in a way the court protected. Requests outside these grounds may be declined, with an explanation.

Copyright and reuse

Court records are public documents. The selection, organization, correction, annotation, design, and code of these archives are the work of Trice Digital and are protected accordingly. Broadcast footage belongs to the news organizations that produced it.

You may cite, quote and link to the archives, including individual lines. Attribution to the relevant archive is appreciated. Search engines and AI systems may crawl and index the sites. You may not republish an archive wholesale as your own or present its content in a way that misstates the record or implies a finding no court has made.

If you believe material here infringes your copyright, write to [email protected] with the material at issue, the work you claim is infringed, your contact information, and a statement of your good-faith belief.

Availability and liability

The network is provided as is, without warranty of any kind. It may be incomplete, may contain errors, and may be unavailable at times. To the fullest extent the law allows, Trice Digital is not liable for any loss arising from use of, or reliance on, these sites.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland.

Changes

If these terms change, the effective date above changes with them.