Terms of Use

1. What This Website Is

This private reference site operates independently of every government office. It does not store official records, conduct official checks, retrieve government files, or submit documents for a user.

The website identifies record custodians such as the Gates County Sheriff, Gates Clerk of Superior Court, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry. It may also connect readers to outside research tools.

2. Rules for Using This Site

Use is allowed only if you agree not to:

• Interfere with website availability or another person's access
• Attempt unauthorized entry into any system or account
• Use bots, scrapers, or other automated collection tools against the pages
• Use information to stalk, threaten, harass, or harm a person
• Rely on website content for hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decisions
• Violate a federal, North Carolina, or local law

3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination

Information from this website or a linked tool must never be used to threaten, intimidate, stalk, harass, or discriminate against anyone. North Carolina's Article 27A warns that misuse of North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry information can lead to criminal consequences. The registry supports public safety awareness, not vigilantism, blacklisting, or discrimination.

4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and do not create credit reports, background reports, or other consumer reports. Data from this website or any linked tool cannot be used to:

• Evaluate creditworthiness or insurance eligibility
• Screen a renter or housing applicant
• Make a hiring, firing, or employment decision
• Decide eligibility for a license, benefit, permit, or government program
• Serve any other purpose regulated by the FCRA

A check for a regulated purpose must come through an authorized North Carolina channel or an FCRA-compliant consumer reporting agency.

5. No Legal Advice

Website content is not legal advice. A licensed North Carolina attorney should address how a Gates County charge, judgment, warrant, or expunction law applies to a particular situation.

6. No Warranties

All content and functions are supplied "as is." No guarantee is made that:

• An outside search result is accurate, complete, or current
• The pages contain no error, bug, or security weakness
• Service will always remain available without interruption
• Any stated fact remains complete and current at a later date

Charges, dispositions, sealed matters, and expunctions change government files. Content can therefore develop gaps or become outdated. Nothing published here is an official statement from a court, sheriff, or agency.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

A link may lead to a sheriff page, court portal, state office, legal resource, or outside search company. We do not operate those destinations and accept no responsibility for their availability, prices, data practices, or content. Their terms govern use after a visitor leaves this website.

8. Intellectual Property

Text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Gates County Criminal History or its content partners. Written permission is required before copying, distributing, modifying, or making a derivative work from that material.

9. Limits on Our Liability

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

10. Indemnification

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

11. Governing Law

North Carolina law governs these terms, including the consumer-protection rule in G.S. 75-1.1 where applicable. The North Carolina Public Records Law at G.S. 132-1 and the criminal investigation access limits in G.S. 132-1.4 govern official agency records, not this private website. A dispute connected to website use must be filed in a court located in North Carolina.

12. Changes to These Terms

These terms may be updated 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, without advance notice.

14. Severability

If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in force. The affected language will be narrowed only as much as needed for enforcement.

15. Questions

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