NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website is independent of every local, Texas, and federal government body. Neither the site nor its advertising partners provides a service for credit, employment, insurance, tenant, or other Fair Credit Reporting Act decisions. It is a reference for locating Smith County and Texas criminal-record sources, not a private investigation firm or consumer reporting agency.
1. What This Website Is
This private reference site has no government affiliation. It neither stores official criminal records nor retrieves records, runs official checks, or submits filings for a visitor.
Its purpose is to identify Smith County clerks, the sheriff, Texas DPS, and the Texas Public Sex Offender Registry, along with outside tools that may assist lawful research.
2. Rules for Using This Site
You agree that you will not:
- Violate a local, Texas, or federal law through site use
- Stalk, threaten, or harass a person with information found here
- Use site content for lending, insurance, employment, or housing decisions
- Attempt unauthorized entry into any system or account
- Operate automated bots or scraping tools against the pages
- Disrupt performance or interfere with access by another visitor
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
You may not use information from the site or a linked tool to stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or discriminate against anyone. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 62 registry information is provided for safety awareness. Misuse against a listed person may violate the law, and vigilante conduct is prohibited.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and do not create consumer, credit, or background reports. Our advertising partners do not provide tools here for regulated screening. You agree that site or linked-tool data will not be used to:
- Make a hiring or termination decision
- Evaluate a renter or housing application
- Assess credit or calculate an insurance premium
- Set eligibility for a license, permit, or government benefit
- Carry out any other decision regulated by the FCRA
A regulated purpose requires an authorized official channel or an FCRA-compliant provider, not this website.
5. No Legal Advice
Site content is not legal advice. General Smith County record information cannot determine how a charge, conviction, warrant, expunction, or nondisclosure rule applies to one case. Ask a licensed Texas attorney for legal guidance.
6. No Warranties
All content is offered "as is," without a guarantee that:
- Information will always be complete, accurate, or current
- Access will remain continuous and uninterrupted
- Every page will be free from errors, defects, or security weaknesses
- An outside search provider will return full or correct results
Charges, dispositions, restrictions, and expunctions can change a record. Gaps may occur, and no site content is an official statement from a Smith County court, sheriff, or Texas agency.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may lead to sheriff, court, Texas agency, legal-aid, or outside search services. We do not control a destination's content, privacy practices, prices, or availability. Review its own terms before use.
8. Intellectual Property
Smith County Criminal History or its content partners own the site's text, graphics, logos, and code. Written permission is required to copy, alter, distribute, or create derivative material.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, we are not liable for damages arising from use of this website, its information, or a 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 costs.
11. Governing Law
Texas law governs these terms. Any dispute connected to site use must be brought in a court located in Texas. Texas Government Code Chapters 552 and 411 govern public-information and criminal-history dissemination duties of government custodians, not this private site's status.
12. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these terms, and a new version becomes effective when it is posted here.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be limited 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. The affected provision will be narrowed only as much as needed.
15. Questions
Questions about these conditions may be submitted through the Contact page.