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Terms of Use

These conditions govern access to and use of the website. Reading content, opening a page, or submitting a search signals agreement to the terms below. Anyone who does not agree must stop using the service.

NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website has no affiliation with a government body. It and its advertising partners do not provide a service for credit, employment, insurance, tenant, or any other decision governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The resource points to criminal-record channels in Dare County, North Carolina. It is neither a private investigation firm nor a consumer reporting agency.

1. What This Website Is

This private reference site operates independently of government. It does not keep official criminal records, perform official checks, retrieve documents, or submit a filing on a visitor's behalf.

Its function is to identify Dare County record custodians, including the Sheriff, North Carolina courts, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and North Carolina Sex Offender Registry, and to connect readers with relevant outside tools.

2. Rules for Using This Site

You agree that you will not:

  • Use bots, scrapers, or another automated process against the pages
  • Harass, stalk, intimidate, or threaten a person with information found here
  • Attempt unauthorized entry into any account, system, or restricted function
  • Rely on the content for hiring, housing, credit, or insurance decisions
  • Interfere with performance or prevent another visitor from using the service
  • Violate a local, state, or federal law through use of the website

3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination

Information found here or through a linked tool may not be used to stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or unlawfully discriminate against anyone. North Carolina law places special restrictions on misuse of North Carolina Sex Offender Registry information, and a violation can lead to criminal consequences. Registry information serves public safety awareness, never vigilantism or unlawful blacklisting.

4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. We do not generate background checks, credit reports, or consumer reports of any kind. Neither we nor our advertising partners provide services built for screening job applicants, reviewing rental applications, calculating insurance rates, or judging creditworthiness. You agree not to use data from this site or any linked tool to:

  • Set an insurance premium or judge a person's creditworthiness
  • Evaluate an applicant for a job or decide whether to end employment
  • Determine eligibility for a license, permit, or public benefit where regulated
  • Assess a prospective renter or other housing applicant
  • Carry out any additional decision regulated by the FCRA

A lawful FCRA-regulated purpose requires an appropriate official or FCRA-compliant provider, not this resource or its search widget.

5. No Legal Advice

General descriptions of Dare County records are not legal advice and cannot determine how a charge, conviction, warrant, or expunction statute applies to one person. Obtain advice from a licensed North Carolina attorney.

6. No Warranties

Everything on this site is provided "as is." We do not guarantee that:

  • The information here is accurate, complete, or current at any given time
  • The site will stay up and running without interruptions
  • Our pages are free of errors, bugs, or security holes
  • Results from our partner search tools will be thorough or accurate

Charges, dispositions, custody status, seals, and expunctions can change after publication. Gaps and delays are unavoidable. No content here is an official statement from a court, sheriff, or other public agency.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

Links may lead to sheriffs, courts, state agencies, legal resources, or outside search services. Those destinations are independently operated. Their content, privacy choices, charges, availability, and terms remain their responsibility, so review those terms before use.

8. Intellectual Property

Text, logos, graphics, and code belong to Dare County Criminal History or its content partners. Copying, modifying, distributing, or creating derivative material requires prior written permission.

9. Limits on Our Liability

To the maximum extent allowed by law, we disclaim liability for harm arising from use of the website, its information, or any service reached through a link.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless against claims, demands, actions, legal fees, and related costs caused by your use of the service or violation of these terms.

11. Governing Law

North Carolina law governs these terms. Any dispute tied to use of the website must be brought in a court located in North Carolina.

12. Changes to These Terms

These terms may be revised. A revision becomes effective when the updated version is posted here.

13. Cutting Off Access

Access may be limited or ended at any time, with or without advance notice.

14. Severability

If one provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms stay in force. The affected language will be narrowed only as needed to make it enforceable.

15. Questions

Questions about these terms may be directed through the Contact page.