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Terms of Use

These terms govern access to and use of this privately operated Sampson County, North Carolina record reference. By using any part of the site, a visitor accepts these limits, lawful-use rules, disclaimers, and restrictions concerning court, arrest, registry, and other public information.

1. What This Website Is

This is a private informational resource, not a Sampson County or North Carolina government office. It does not create, host, certify, correct, or issue criminal records. Official documents remain with the clerk, sheriff, police, SBI, NCDAC, registry, or another originating agency.

2. Rules for Using This Site

Visitors must use the site lawfully and may not break a law, threaten or harass anyone, evade technical controls, gain unauthorized access, deploy automated scraping tools, overload the service, or use information for a purpose regulated by the FCRA.

3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination

Information found here or through a linked source may not be used to stalk, threaten, intimidate, harass, or unlawfully discriminate. North Carolina G.S. 14-208.15A specifically bars using registry information to facilitate a crime or injure or harass a registrant. Registry data support lawful public safety awareness, not vigilante conduct.

4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

This operation is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and does not create consumer reports. Neither the content nor a linked tool may be used for employment, housing, lending, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated decision. A lawful regulated check must come from an authorized official process or an FCRA-compliant provider.

5. No Legal Advice

Descriptions of Sampson County procedures are general information. They do not advise how North Carolina law applies to a charge, warrant, judgment, correction, or expunction. Consult a licensed attorney for advice.

6. No Warranties

The site and its content are provided "as is." No promise is made that information is current, complete, accurate, error-free, secure, or always available. Sampson County records and North Carolina procedures change, and outside search results may be incomplete or wrong. Verify material with its source office.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

Links may lead to county offices, North Carolina agencies, courts, legal resources, advertisers, or search providers. Their content, terms, privacy practices, fees, and availability are outside this site's control. Review their rules before using them.

8. Intellectual Property

Site text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Sampson County Criminal History or the applicable content partners. They may not be copied, changed, distributed, or adapted without written permission, except as law permits.

9. Limits on Our Liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, no liability is accepted for loss or damage arising from site use, inability to use it, reliance on its content, or use of an outside link or service.

10. Indemnification

A visitor agrees to defend and hold the operator harmless from claims, demands, costs, and legal fees caused by that visitor's misuse of the site or breach of these terms.

11. Governing Law

North Carolina law governs these terms. North Carolina Public Records Law, Chapter 132, and G.S. 132-1.4 govern government-held records but do not make this private operation a public agency. A dispute about these terms must be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction in North Carolina.

12. Changes to These Terms

These terms may be revised. A posted revision takes effect when it appears, and later use means the revised terms apply.

13. Cutting Off Access

Access may be limited or ended without advance notice when needed to protect the service, enforce these terms, or address misuse.

14. Severability

If one term is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms continue. The affected term will be narrowed only as much as needed for lawful enforcement.

15. Questions

General routing information is available on the Contact page. An official record question must be directed to the Sampson County or North Carolina agency that holds it.