NO FCRA USE. Durham County Criminal History is privately operated and has no government affiliation. It and its advertising partners do not provide services for credit, employment, tenant, insurance, or any other decision regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The resource helps readers locate official criminal-record sources in Durham County and North Carolina. It is neither a consumer reporting agency nor a private investigation service.
1. What This Website Is
This is a private reference site, independent of every court, sheriff, police department, and state office. It does not store official records, conduct official checks, retrieve files, or submit paperwork for a user.
The content identifies Durham County custodians, including the sheriff, the Clerk of Superior Court, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and the North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry. Some pages also connect readers to outside search tools.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use is allowed only under these limits. A user must not:
- Use the website in violation of federal, North Carolina, or local law
- Threaten, stalk, or harass a person with information found here
- Use site content for an FCRA-regulated credit, employment, tenant, or insurance decision
- Attempt unauthorized access to any system or account
- Deploy bots, scraping software, or automated collection tools against the pages
- Interfere with performance or another visitor's access
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
No one may use information from this website or a linked service to stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or unlawfully discriminate against another person. North Carolina's Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry warns that misuse against a listed person can lead to criminal prosecution. Registry information serves community safety and awareness. It is not permission for vigilantism or any prohibited FCRA-regulated decision.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Durham County Criminal History is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and does not produce a credit report, background check, or consumer report. Its advertising partners are not presented as services for making regulated decisions. Information from this site or a linked tool must not be used to:
- Set insurance eligibility or premiums
- Make a hiring or termination decision
- Evaluate a rental or housing application
- Judge creditworthiness
- Decide eligibility for a license, permit, or government benefit
- Carry out any other FCRA-regulated purpose
A regulated background check must come from an authorized, FCRA-compliant provider or the appropriate official North Carolina channel.
5. No Legal Advice
The material is general information, not legal advice. It cannot determine how a Durham County charge, warrant, conviction, or expunction law applies to one set of facts. Individual advice must come from a licensed North Carolina attorney.
6. No Warranties
All content and services are offered "as is." No promise is made that:
- Partner search results will be complete or correct
- Every page is accurate, current, and complete
- The website will remain available without interruption
- The service will have no errors, defects, or security weaknesses
Charges, dispositions, expunctions, and access status can change after a page is published. Gaps are possible. Only the Durham County or North Carolina agency that holds a record can issue an official statement or certified copy.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may lead to government portals, legal-aid organizations, or private search providers. A destination is outside our control, so we are not responsible for its availability, prices, data practices, accuracy, or content. Users should read the destination's own terms.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, code, graphics, and logos are owned by Durham County Criminal History or its content partners. Written permission is required before copying, distributing, adapting, or creating derivative work from that material.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent allowed by law, we are not responsible for damages arising from use of the website, its content, or a linked service.
10. Indemnification
A user agrees to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, demands, or proceedings caused by that user's conduct or breach of these terms, including related legal costs and fees.
11. Governing Law
North Carolina law governs these terms, and disputes connected with use of the website must be brought in a court located in North Carolina. The North Carolina Public Records Law governs access to government records, while dissemination limits including G.S. 132-1.4 and G.S. 15A-151 continue to protect investigation and expunction information.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised at any time. A revision takes effect when the new version is posted here.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be restricted or ended at any time, for any reason, and without advance notice.
14. Severability
If one provision is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay effective. The affected language will be limited only as far as necessary to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these conditions may be directed through the Contact page.