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Terms of Use

These conditions govern all visits, searches, and use of the website. Using any part of it means that you accept the terms below. If you disagree, stop using the service.

NO FCRA USE. This privately run website has no government affiliation. Neither it nor its advertising partners provides a service for credit, employment, insurance, tenant, or other decisions governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Its purpose is to route readers to Braxton County, West Virginia record sources. It is not a consumer reporting agency or private investigation firm.

1. What This Website Is

This is a private reference site with no tie to a public office. It cannot store or issue official records, perform an official background check, or file documents for a visitor.

Its content points toward Braxton County courts and police custodians, West Virginia State Police Criminal Identification Bureau, WVDCR, and the West Virginia Sex Offender Registry. Some pages also contain tools operated by outside providers.

2. Rules for Using This Site

Use is conditioned on avoiding the following conduct:

  • Break any federal, state, or local law while using this site
  • Use information you find here to stalk, harass, or threaten anyone
  • Base hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decisions on content from this site
  • Try to break into our systems or gain access you are not supposed to have
  • Run bots, scrapers, or automated tools against our pages
  • Do anything that slows the site down or blocks other people from using it

3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination

Information found here or through a linked tool must not be used to stalk, threaten, intimidate, harass, or discriminate. The West Virginia Sex Offender Registry specifically warns against threats, intimidation, and harassment of a listed person. Registry data supports lawful public-safety awareness, not retaliation or vigilante action.

4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and create no credit report, background report, or other consumer report. Our advertising partners do not turn this resource into a regulated screening service. Information here or from a linked tool must not be used to:

  • Decide whether to hire or fire someone
  • Screen potential renters or housing applicants
  • Judge creditworthiness or set insurance premiums
  • Determine who qualifies for licenses, permits, or government programs
  • Do anything else that falls under FCRA rules

If you need a check for a regulated purpose, use West Virginia State Police Criminal Identification Bureau or an FCRA-compliant screening company.

5. No Legal Advice

Nothing here is legal advice. General Braxton County record information cannot determine how a charge, conviction, warrant, or expungement law applies to a particular person. Consult a licensed West Virginia attorney for that advice.

6. No Warranties

All content and functions are supplied "as is." No warranty promises 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, seals, and expungements can change a record. Updates may lag or be missed. No statement here is an official statement from a court, sheriff, or government agency.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

Links can open sheriff, court, state agency, legal aid, and outside search websites beyond our control. We do not accept responsibility for their content, privacy practices, prices, or availability. Their terms should be read before use.

8. Intellectual Property

Text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Braxton County Criminal History or its content partners. They may not be copied, changed, distributed, or adapted without prior written permission.

9. Limits on Our Liability

To the maximum extent allowed by law, we disclaim liability for damage arising from use of the website or reliance on information reached through a linked service.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims or demands caused by your use of the service or breach of these terms, including related legal costs.

11. Governing Law

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

12. Changes to These Terms

These terms may change. A revision takes effect when the new text is posted here.

13. Cutting Off Access

Access may be restricted or ended at any time, with or without prior notice.

14. Severability

If one provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms continue in effect. The affected clause is limited only as much as needed.

15. Questions

Questions about these conditions can be directed through the Contact page.