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Terms of Use

These terms govern every visit, search, and use of content on Hampshire County Criminal History. Anyone who does not agree with them should stop using the website.

NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website is not affiliated with Hampshire County, West Virginia, or any government body. It is not a consumer reporting agency and may not be used for credit, employment, insurance, tenant-screening, or another purpose governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

1. What This Website Is

Hampshire County Criminal History is an independent reference resource. It does not hold official criminal records, perform official background checks, retrieve files, or submit paperwork. Its role is to identify the Hampshire County Sheriff, county court clerks, West Virginia State Police, WVDCR, the West Virginia Sex Offender Registry, and other official channels that maintain the underlying information.

Sponsored tools may also appear. They remain separate third-party services and are not Hampshire County or West Virginia government products.

2. Rules for Using This Site

Visitors agree to use the website lawfully and without interfering with it.

  • Do not violate federal, West Virginia, county, or municipal law
  • Do not threaten, stalk, harass, intimidate, or harm another person
  • Do not use content for any FCRA-regulated decision
  • Do not seek unauthorized access to systems or data
  • Do not run scrapers, bots, or automated extraction tools
  • Do not disrupt access, performance, or security for other visitors

3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination

Information found here or through a linked service may not be used to harass, stalk, threaten, intimidate, or unlawfully discriminate. Registry information requires special care. The West Virginia Sex Offender Registration Act creates a public-safety system, while the official portal warns against threatening, intimidating, or harassing a listed person. A concern about noncompliance belongs with law enforcement, not private confrontation.

4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

Neither the website nor its editorial content provides consumer reports under the FCRA. The information may not be used to evaluate credit, insurance, employment, housing, licensing, benefits, or any other FCRA-regulated eligibility question. Visitors also agree not to use a linked tool for those purposes unless the separate provider expressly operates as a compliant consumer reporting agency for that lawful use.

  • No job-applicant or workforce screening
  • No rental or housing screening
  • No creditworthiness or insurance decision
  • No eligibility decision for a license, permit, or public benefit
  • No other transaction regulated by the FCRA

An authorized official West Virginia criminal-history process runs through West Virginia State Police and IdentoGO. W. Va. Code §15-2-24 separately governs CIB dissemination and authorization.

5. No Legal Advice

General explanations about Hampshire County records are not legal advice. They cannot determine what a pending charge, warrant, sentence, restriction, or expungement law means for one person. A licensed West Virginia attorney should address an individual legal question.

6. No Warranties

The website and its content are supplied “as is” and “as available.” No guarantee is made that:

  • Every fact, link, fee, address, or procedure is complete and current
  • Access will always be uninterrupted or error free
  • The website will be free from bugs or every security risk
  • A third-party result will be complete, accurate, or matched to the right person

Records can be amended, dismissed, sealed, expunged, or corrected. Always verify a result with the Sheriff, the filing clerk, West Virginia State Police, WVDCR, or the other office that holds the original record.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

Links lead to government portals, statutes, courts, police agencies, and outside services. Those destinations control their content, prices, availability, security, and privacy practices. Use of an external site is subject to its terms, and Hampshire County Criminal History is not responsible for that separate service.

8. Intellectual Property

Unless another owner is identified, the original text, graphics, logo, arrangement, and code are protected materials of Hampshire County Criminal History or its licensors. They may not be copied, republished, modified, distributed, or used to create a derivative work without prior written permission.

9. Limits on Our Liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operator is not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or other damages arising from use of the website, inability to use it, reliance on its content, or use of a linked service.

10. Indemnification

A visitor agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold the operator harmless from claims, losses, demands, costs, and reasonable legal fees resulting from that visitor’s misuse of the website or breach of these terms.

11. Governing Law

West Virginia law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute connected with the website must be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction in West Virginia.

12. Changes to These Terms

The operator may revise these terms. A revision takes effect when the new version is posted, and later use of the website signifies acceptance of the updated terms.

13. Cutting Off Access

Access may be limited, suspended, or terminated at any time and without notice, including when conduct threatens security, violates these terms, or interferes with another visitor.

14. Severability

If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be narrowed only as needed. The remaining terms continue in effect.

15. Questions

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