Connecticut Judicial Branch
Terms and Conditions of Website Use

http address Welcome. Thank you for visiting the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch Website (Website). As is true for many other websites, this Website has rules set forth in this Terms and Conditions of Use (Terms and Conditions) that apply to your use of this Website. By using this Website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following Terms and Conditions. Please review them carefully. If you do not agree with any of these Terms and Conditions, please do not use this Website. The State of Connecticut Judicial Branch (Judicial Branch) may amend the Terms and Conditions at any time without specific notice to you. The latest Terms and Conditions will be posted on the Website, and your continued use of the Website shall be deemed your acceptance of any such changes.

Information has been made available on this Website as a public service by the Judicial Branch. This Website was designed to be accessed by the average user to manually perform individual inquiries or searches for information.

This Website was not designed to be subjected to high volume automated searches such as data mining, web mining, web harvesting, bulk extractions and/or any other similar conduct. The terms data mining, web mining, web harvesting and bulk extraction are used to refer to the process of gathering and organizing unstructured information from pages and data on the World Wide Web by utilizing software that automatically extracts information from the Web and automates the reading, copying and pasting necessary to collect large amounts of information.

1. Right to Change This Website

The Judicial Branch may discontinue, edit, delete or change any aspect of this Website, including, but not limited to: (i) restricting availability times, (ii) restricting compatibility with certain computer software or hardware, (iii) restricting amounts of use permitted, and (iv) restricting, suspending or terminating any user's right to use the Website, at the Judicial Branch's sole and absolute discretion and without prior notice or liability.

2. Prohibited Behavior

You are prohibited from using this Website in any way to do any of the following:

  • restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Website;
  • post or transmit any information, software, or other material which contains a virus or other harmful component;
  • perform bulk extractions, data mining, web mining, web harvesting and/or any other similar automated conduct, except as authorized in accordance with Section 3 below;
  • or perform any activity that the Judicial Branch determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, may be harmful to the Website or other users of the Website.

NOTE: The Judicial Branch, in its sole and absolute discretion, reserves the right to immediately block access to this Website on a temporary or permanent basis if you engage in any of the prohibited behavior listed above.

3. Request for Bulk Distribution or Data in a Specialized Format

Anyone who wishes to obtain bulk distribution or data in a specialized format (i.e. compiled) must request authorization from the Judicial Branch, which may impose a service charge or assess a user fee as part of its authorization of such request.

Such request should be directed to:

State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
Information Technology Division
99 East River Drive, 7th floor
East Hartford, CT 06108
tele (860) 282-6500

4. No Unlawful Purposes

You agree that you will not use the Website or any information or services related thereto for any unlawful purpose. The Judicial Branch, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine whether any use violates this provision.

5. Monitoring

You understand that the Judicial Branch has no obligation to monitor the Website. However, the Judicial Branch reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in the Judicial Branch's sole and absolute discretion are objectionable or in violation of these Terms and Conditions. You acknowledge that the Judicial Branch reserves the right to, and may from time to time, monitor any and all information transmitted or received through this Website, for operational and other purposes, subject to the Judicial Branch's Privacy Policy. During monitoring, information may be examined, recorded, copied and used for authorized purposes in accordance with the Judicial Branch's Privacy Policy. Use of this Website constitutes consent to such monitoring. 

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