NO FCRA USE. Cleveland County Criminal History is privately operated and has no government affiliation. It is neither a private investigation firm nor a consumer reporting agency. The website and its advertising partners do not offer tools for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
1. What This Website Is
This is a private reference site with no connection to a court, sheriff, police department, or other public body. It does not store official records, submit filings, retrieve a person's file, or conduct an official background check.
Its content identifies Cleveland County and North Carolina custodians, including the Sheriff, Clerk of Superior Court, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry. Some pages also display tools operated by outside providers.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use is permitted only when it is lawful and does not interfere with the website or another person. A user agrees not to:
- Use the website in violation of federal, North Carolina, or local law
- Threaten, stalk, intimidate, or harass someone with information found here
- Use site content for lending, insurance, employment, or housing decisions
- Attempt unauthorized access to any system or account
- Deploy scrapers, bots, or other automated collection tools against the pages
- Disrupt site performance or prevent access by other visitors
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
No visitor may use site information or a linked tool to harass, threaten, stalk, intimidate, or discriminate against another person. That limit is especially important for the North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry. North Carolina law governs registry use, and misuse directed at a registrant can bring criminal consequences. Registry information supports lawful community awareness. It does not authorize confrontation, vigilante conduct, or discriminatory action.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Cleveland County Criminal History is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and produces no credit report, background check, or consumer report. Neither the website nor its advertising partners provides an FCRA screening product. A user may not rely on site information or a linked tool to:
- Make a credit or insurance decision
- Evaluate a person for employment
- Screen a renter or housing applicant
- Decide eligibility for a permit, license, or public program where consumer-reporting law applies
- Carry out any other FCRA-regulated purpose
Any legally required screening must use an authorized, FCRA-compliant process. The resources displayed here are not a substitute for that process.
5. No Legal Advice
The website supplies general information, not legal advice. Its descriptions of Cleveland County records cannot determine how a charge, warrant, conviction, or expunction statute applies to a particular matter. A licensed North Carolina attorney should address legal questions.
6. No Warranties
All material and functions are supplied "as is." No warranty is made that:
- Information will always be complete, accurate, or current
- Outside search results will be correctly matched or comprehensive
- Pages will contain no defect, error, or security weakness
- Access will be continuous or interruption-free
Charges, dispositions, custody status, and expunction orders can change after publication. Gaps and delays are therefore possible. Only the record custodian can make an official statement or issue an official document.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may lead to government portals, law-enforcement pages, legal resources, and commercial search services. Each destination controls its content, availability, price, security, and data practices. Cleveland County Criminal History is not responsible for those matters. Review the destination's terms before using it.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Cleveland County Criminal History or its content partners. They may not be copied, changed, distributed, or used to create another work without prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, Cleveland County Criminal History is not liable for loss or damage arising from site use, including reliance on content obtained here or through a linked service.
10. Indemnification
A user agrees to defend and hold the website harmless from claims or demands caused by that user's conduct or violation of these terms, including reasonable legal fees and related costs.
11. Governing Law
North Carolina law governs these terms, including applicable principles of the North Carolina Public Records Law only when a government custodian, rather than this private website, holds the requested record. Any dispute tied to site use must be brought in a court located in North Carolina.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised. A revision takes effect when the updated text is posted on this page.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be limited or ended at any time, with or without advance notice.
14. Severability
If one provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. The affected language will be narrowed only as much as needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these conditions may be directed through the Contact page.