NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website is not connected with any government body and is not a consumer reporting agency. Neither the site nor its advertising partners offers a service for credit, employment, insurance, tenant, or other decisions governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Its purpose is to identify Cherokee County and South Carolina record resources, not to conduct private investigations or produce consumer reports.
1. What This Website Is
Cherokee County Criminal History is an independent reference resource. It has no authority to retrieve an official record, perform an official background check, correct a government file, or submit papers for a visitor.
Its content points to the Cherokee County sheriff and courts, SLED CATCH and Criminal Justice Information Services, the South Carolina Department of Corrections, and the South Carolina Sex Offender Registry. Some pages also contain tools supplied by outside companies.
2. Rules for Using This Site
A visitor agrees not to:
- Violate a federal, South Carolina, or local law
- Use information to threaten, stalk, harass, or intimidate a person
- Use content for an FCRA-regulated credit, employment, housing, or insurance decision
- Attempt unauthorized access to the website or its systems
- Deploy scrapers, bots, or other automated collection tools
- Interfere with availability, performance, or another visitor's access
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
Information obtained here or through a linked source may not be used to harass, stalk, threaten, intimidate, or unlawfully discriminate. South Carolina treats misuse of registry information seriously. Registry access serves lawful public-safety awareness, never vigilantism. S.C. Code ยง23-3-510 can enhance punishment when registry information is used to commit another crime.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
We do not prepare background checks, credit files, or consumer reports and do not qualify as a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. A visitor must not use this website or a linked partner tool to:
- Make a hiring or employment decision
- Evaluate a rental or housing application
- Set insurance terms or judge creditworthiness
- Determine eligibility for a license, permit, or government benefit
- Carry out another purpose governed by the FCRA
When an authorized official check is required, use the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division or a properly compliant provider suited to that purpose.
5. No Legal Advice
The material is general information, not legal advice. It cannot determine how a Cherokee County charge, warrant, conviction, or expungement law applies to one person. Advice for a specific matter must come from a licensed South Carolina attorney.
6. No Warranties
The website and its content are supplied "as is." We make no promise that:
- Every fact is complete, accurate, or current
- The website will operate without interruption
- Pages will be free from errors or security defects
- A partner's search result will be accurate or comprehensive
Charges, dispositions, custody, fees, office hours, and expungement status can change. Only the originating public office can issue or confirm an official record.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may lead to government portals, legal resources, advertising providers, and outside search services. We do not operate those destinations and are not responsible for their content, availability, privacy practices, pricing, or results. Their terms apply after a visitor leaves this website.
8. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise identified, text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Cherokee County Criminal History or its content partners. No one may reproduce, distribute, alter, or build upon that material without prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, we are not responsible for loss or damage arising from use of the website, reliance on its content, or use of an external service reached through a link.
10. Indemnification
A visitor agrees to defend and hold us harmless from claims, actions, expenses, and reasonable legal fees resulting from that visitor's misuse of the website or breach of these terms.
11. Governing Law
South Carolina law governs these terms, including applicable provisions of the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act and criminal-history dissemination rules when official records are involved. A dispute related to use of this website must be brought in a court located in South Carolina.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised. A new version takes effect when posted here, and later use of the website is governed by that posted version.
13. Cutting Off Access
We may suspend, limit, or end access to the website at any time, with or without advance notice, as the law permits.
14. Severability
If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay 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.