NO FCRA USE. This privately run website has no connection to a local, state, or federal government body. Neither it nor its advertising partners supplies a service for credit, employment, insurance, tenant, or other decisions regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Its purpose is to point readers toward official criminal-record resources in Summers County and West Virginia. It is neither a private investigation firm nor a consumer reporting agency.
1. What This Website Is
This is a private reference site operating independently of government. It does not store official files, retrieve records, conduct official background checks, or submit paperwork for a visitor.
Its pages identify the Summers County Sheriff's Office, criminal courts, West Virginia State Police Criminal Records Section, and West Virginia Sex Offender Registry as source custodians. Some pages also connect readers with outside research tools.
2. Rules for Using This Site
You agree that you will not:
- Use bots, scrapers, or another automated means to extract site content
- Harass, stalk, intimidate, or threaten a person with information found here
- Interfere with site performance or another visitor's access
- Make hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decisions from site content
- Attempt unauthorized entry into any account, service, or system
- Violate federal, West Virginia, or local law while using the website
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
You may not use information found here or through a linked tool to stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or discriminate against another person. Such conduct can be criminal. West Virginia's Sex Offender Registry exists for public-safety awareness, and its data must not support vigilantism or unlawful discrimination against a registrant or household.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and generate no background check, credit report, or consumer report. Services offered here or by advertising partners are not designed for evaluating applicants, renters, insurance risk, or credit. You agree not to use site or linked-tool data 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
A check needed for a regulated purpose must come from the proper official channel or a screening company that complies with the FCRA.
5. No Legal Advice
Site content is general information, not legal advice. Only a licensed West Virginia attorney can assess how a charge, conviction, warrant, or expungement law affects a specific situation.
6. No Warranties
Everything on this site is provided "as is." We do not guarantee that:
- Outside search-provider results will be complete or correct
- Pages will always be free from errors, defects, or security weaknesses
- Site access will continue without interruption
- Published information will remain accurate, complete, and current
Charges can be filed, changed, dismissed, sealed, or expunged after publication. Gaps and delays are unavoidable, so site content is never an official statement from a sheriff, court, or agency.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may lead to courts, law-enforcement agencies, state offices, legal-aid groups, and outside search providers. Those destinations are independently operated. We do not control their content, fees, availability, or data practices, and users should read the destination's own terms.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Summers County Criminal History or its content partners. Copying, distribution, modification, or derivative use requires prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we accept no liability for damages arising from use of the site, including reliance on information found here or through a linked service.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless against claims, demands, or legal actions caused by your site use or breach of these terms, including related legal fees and costs.
11. Governing Law
West Virginia law governs these terms. A dispute tied to use of the site must be brought in a court located in West Virginia.
12. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these conditions. A revised version takes effect when it is posted here.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be limited or terminated at any time, for any reason, without advance notice.
14. Severability
If one provision is held invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions continue in force. The affected language will be narrowed only as needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these conditions may be directed through the Contact page.