These terms govern your use of North Star Probate (the “Service”). By creating an account or subscribing you agree to them on behalf of yourself and any business you represent.
1. What the Service is
The Service compiles public Minnesota probate case information and matches it to public property records. It is a research and marketing tool for real estate professionals and businesses that serve estates.
2. Data-use limits
Compiled from public Minnesota court and county records. Records can be incomplete, delayed or changed, and cases that become non-public are removed. Verify anything important against the official court file. Not a consumer report: do not use it to decide anyone’s eligibility for credit, insurance, employment or housing, and do not use it in place of a criminal background check.
- Accuracy. Court and county records can contain errors, lag behind events, or change. Property matches are made by computer from names and addresses and can be wrong. Verify ownership, case status and authority with the official records before relying on them.
- Removed records. Cases that become non-public are removed from the Service when the court’s data is refreshed. When we remove a record you must stop using it and delete any copy you exported.
- Not a consumer report. We are not a consumer reporting agency. You may not use the Service, in whole or part, to decide anyone’s eligibility for credit, insurance, employment, housing or any other purpose covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act or similar laws.
- Not a background check. You may not use the Service in place of a criminal history background check from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension or any other official source.
- Lawful, respectful contact. You are responsible for following every law that applies to your outreach, including the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and Do-Not-Call rules, CAN-SPAM, fair housing laws, and, for attorneys, the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct (including Rule 7.3). Do not harass, threaten or mislead anyone. We may close accounts that do.
- No resale. Your subscription is for your own business. You may not resell, republish, sublicense or share the Service’s data or logins outside your account, or use it to build a competing product.
- Pass these limits on. If you share information from the Service with your team, contractors or mail vendors, you must give them these limits and make sure they follow them.
3. Accounts
Keep your login private. Each plan includes a set number of logins; don’t share them. You are responsible for activity under your account. We log sign-ins and exports to protect the data.
4. Billing and cancellation
Subscriptions renew monthly until cancelled. You can cancel at any time from your account page; access continues until the end of the period you paid for. Fees already paid are not refunded except where the law requires. We may change prices with at least 30 days’ notice by email; changes apply from your next renewal after the notice.
5. Availability
We aim to update the data weekly, but the Service depends on government sources we don’t control. Updates can be late or missed, and coverage (such as which counties have property matching) can change.
6. Disclaimers and liability
The Service is provided “as is”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy, completeness, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. To the fullest extent the law allows, our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to the fees you paid in the three months before the claim, and we are not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential damages, including lost profits or deals.
7. Indemnity
You will defend and indemnify North Star Probate and its owners against claims arising from your use of the Service or your breach of these terms, including claims by people you contacted.
8. Changes and governing law
We may update these terms; material changes will be emailed to account owners. Minnesota law governs these terms, and disputes will be heard in the state or federal courts located in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
9. Contact
Questions: reply to any email from us, or write to hello@northstarprobate.com.