Terms of Use

1. What This Website Is

This private reference site operates independently of government. It does not hold official criminal records and cannot obtain records, perform an official check, or submit documents for a visitor.

Its role is to identify the Franklin County Sheriff, Virginia courts, Virginia Department of State Police, and Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry as record sources, and to connect visitors with optional outside search services.

2. Rules for Using This Site

You agree that you will not:

• Interfere with access by other visitors or impair website performance
• Use bots, scraping software, or other automated collection tools on the pages
• Attempt unauthorized entry into any website system
• Rely on site content for hiring, housing, credit, or insurance decisions
• Threaten, stalk, or harass anyone with information found here
• Violate federal, Virginia, or local law while using the website

3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination

You may not use content from this website or a linked tool to stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or discriminate against another person. Such conduct can be criminal. Virginia registry information warrants special care: the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry warns that unlawful intimidation or harassment based on its data is prohibited and may be punished as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The information exists for public safety awareness, not vigilantism or discriminatory action.

4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and do not create background checks, credit reports, or any other consumer report. Our advertising partners and this website do not provide services designed for regulated screening. You agree that neither site content nor a linked tool will be used to:

• Perform any other act regulated by the FCRA
• Determine access to a license, permit, or government benefit
• Evaluate credit or set an insurance price
• Assess a housing or rental application
• Make a hiring or termination decision

A lawful regulated purpose requires an appropriate official process through the Virginia Department of State Police or a compliant consumer reporting agency.

5. No Legal Advice

Website content is not legal advice. General descriptions of Franklin County records cannot determine how a warrant, charge, conviction, expungement, or sealing rule affects an individual matter. Consult a Virginia-licensed attorney for that analysis.

6. No Warranties

All content and services are supplied "as is." We make no promise that:

• A partner search result will be complete or correct
• The pages contain no error, software defect, or security weakness
• The website will always remain available without interruption
• Any detail is complete, current, or accurate at a given time

Charges, dispositions, expungements, and sealing orders can change what an official record shows. Gaps and delays are possible. No website statement should be treated as an official declaration from the Franklin County Sheriff, a Virginia court, or another agency.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

Links may lead to sheriff pages, court systems, state agencies, legal resources, and outside search companies. We do not control those destinations and are not responsible for their availability, prices, data practices, or content. Read each service's terms before using it.

8. Intellectual Property

Franklin County Criminal History or its content partners own the text, graphics, logos, and code displayed here. Written permission is required before copying, distributing, changing, or making derivative use of that material.

9. Limits on Our Liability

To the maximum extent allowed by law, we are not liable for damage arising from use of the website, including reliance on its content or on information from a linked service.

10. Indemnification

You agree to defend and hold us harmless from claims, demands, or proceedings caused by your website use or violation of these terms, including related costs and legal fees.

11. Governing Law

Virginia law governs these terms. Any dispute connected with use of this website must be brought in a court located in Virginia. Virginia's Freedom of Information Act, Va. Code §§ 2.2-3700 et seq., applies to public bodies, and Va. Code § 19.2-389 controls state criminal-history dissemination; neither makes this private website an official record source.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these conditions. A revision becomes effective when the new terms are posted on this page.

13. Cutting Off Access

Access may be restricted or ended at any time, for any reason, without advance notice.

14. Severability

If one provision is held invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions continue. The affected language will be changed only as far as necessary to make it enforceable.

15. Questions

Questions about these conditions may be submitted through the Contact page.