NO FCRA USE. Barbour County Criminal History is privately operated and has no government affiliation. It and its advertising partners do not offer a service for credit decisions, employment screening, insurance eligibility, tenant screening, or another use regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The resource helps visitors locate criminal-record channels in Barbour County, 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, independently run and unaffiliated with any public office. It does not store official records, conduct authorized background checks, retrieve files, or submit documents for a visitor.
Its purpose is to identify the Barbour County Sheriff's Department, county courts, West Virginia State Police Criminal Identification Bureau, West Virginia Sex Offender Registry, and outside tools that may assist lawful personal research.
2. Rules for Using This Site
By using the site, you agree not to:
- Use automated scrapers, bots, or similar tools on the pages
- Violate any applicable federal, state, or local law
- Threaten, stalk, or harass a person with information found here
- Use site content for a credit, insurance, employment, or housing decision
- Attempt unauthorized entry into any system or account
- Interfere with site performance or another visitor's access
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
No information from the site or a linked tool may be used to stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or discriminate against anyone. Such conduct is prohibited and may be criminal. West Virginia Sex Offender Registry information carries an express WVSP warning against threats, intimidation, and harassment. Registry access serves safety awareness, not vigilantism or discriminatory treatment.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Barbour County Criminal History is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and produces no credit report, background check, or consumer report. Its partners likewise do not provide a service intended for regulated screening. You must not use site or linked-tool data to:
- Set insurance terms or assess creditworthiness
- Make a hiring or termination decision
- Evaluate a rental or housing application
- Decide eligibility for a license, permit, or government benefit
- Carry out any other FCRA-regulated purpose
Any legally permitted check for a regulated purpose must come through the proper West Virginia State Police and IdentoGO channel or an appropriate FCRA-compliant provider.
5. No Legal Advice
Site content is not legal advice. General information about Barbour County records cannot determine how a warrant, charge, conviction, or expungement law applies to one person's facts. Seek advice from a licensed West Virginia attorney.
6. No Warranties
All content and services are offered "as is." There is no guarantee that:
- A partner search result will be complete or correct
- Content will always be accurate, current, or complete
- The website will remain available without interruption
- Every page will be free from defects, errors, or security weaknesses
Charges may be filed or dismissed, and records may later be sealed or expunged. Updates and gaps are unavoidable. No page is an official statement from a sheriff, court, or other public body.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may open a sheriff, court, state agency, legal aid, or outside search website. We do not control an external site's terms, privacy choices, charges, availability, or content and accept no responsibility for them. Review the destination's rules before use.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, code, logos, and graphics belong to Barbour County Criminal History or its content partners. Written permission is required before copying, changing, distributing, or creating derivative work from that material.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, we disclaim liability for damage arising from use of the site, its content, or any linked service.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, demands, or proceedings caused by your use of the site or violation of these terms, including related legal fees and costs.
11. Governing Law
West Virginia law governs these terms. A dispute related to use of the site must be brought in a court located in West Virginia.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised at any time, and an updated version becomes effective when it is posted here.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be restricted or ended at any time, for any reason, without advance notice.
14. Severability
If one provision is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms continue in effect. The affected provision will be adjusted only as far as needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these conditions may be submitted through the Contact page.