NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website has no connection to a local, state, or federal government body. Neither Barbour County Criminal History nor its advertising partners provides a service for credit decisions, employment screening, tenant screening, insurance underwriting, or another purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The site helps readers locate criminal-record resources in Barbour County, Alabama. It is neither a private-investigation firm nor a consumer reporting agency.
1. What This Website Is
This is a private reference site independent of every government office. It does not store official criminal records, file documents for visitors, retrieve records on request, or perform an official background check.
Its role is to identify the offices that hold Barbour County records, including the Sheriff's Office, the criminal courts, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Criminal History Repository, and the Alabama Sex Offender Registry. It may also connect visitors with outside research tools.
2. Rules for Using This Site
As a condition of use, a visitor must not:
- Interfere with site performance or another visitor's access
- Use bots, scrapers, or similar automated tools on the pages
- Attempt unauthorized entry into any system or account
- Use information to harass, threaten, or stalk a person
- Rely on site content for hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decisions
- Violate federal, Alabama, or local law
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
No visitor may use information found here or through a linked tool to harass, stalk, intimidate, threaten, or discriminate against anyone. Such conduct may also be a crime. Alabama Code §15-20A-8 requires the public registry to warn against using Alabama Sex Offender Registry information to injure, harass, or commit a crime against a registrant. Registry data serves public-safety awareness. It does not authorize vigilante conduct, employment blacklisting, or housing discrimination.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Barbour County Criminal History is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. It produces no credit report, background check, or consumer report. Its advertising partners likewise do not offer site services for job-applicant screening, rental-application review, credit judgments, or insurance pricing. Information from the site or a linked tool may not be used to:
- Evaluate credit or establish an insurance premium
- Make a hiring or termination decision
- Assess a renter or housing application
- Determine eligibility for a license, permit, or public program
- Carry out any other FCRA-regulated purpose
A legally permissible official check should be obtained through the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency or a screening provider that complies with the FCRA.
5. No Legal Advice
Site content is not legal advice. General information about Barbour County records cannot determine how a warrant, charge, conviction, or Alabama expungement rule applies to one person's facts. Seek advice from an Alabama-licensed attorney.
6. No Warranties
All content and functions are provided "as is." No warranty promises that:
- A partner's search result will be complete or correct
- Every fact will remain accurate, current, and complete
- The pages contain no error, bug, or security weakness
- Site access will always be uninterrupted
Criminal records change as charges are filed, dismissed, restricted, or expunged. Updates and gaps are unavoidable. Nothing published here is an official statement from a court, sheriff, ALEA, or another government agency.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may lead to a sheriff, court portal, Alabama agency, legal-help organization, or outside search service. The destination is beyond our control. We are not responsible for its content, privacy practice, fees, or availability. Review the destination's own terms before using it.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Barbour County Criminal History or its content partners. They may not be copied, distributed, adapted, or used to create derivative work without prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for damages arising from site use, including reliance on information found here or through a linked service.
10. Indemnification
A visitor agrees to indemnify and hold us harmless from a claim, demand, or proceeding arising from that visitor's use of the site or breach of these terms, including related legal fees and costs.
11. Governing Law
Alabama law governs these terms. A dispute connected with site use must be brought in a court located in Alabama. Public-record access remains governed by the Alabama Open Records Act, principally Ala. Code §36-12-40, while protected criminal-history dissemination is separately limited by Ala. Code §41-9-601.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised at any time. A new version takes effect when it is posted on this page.
13. Cutting Off Access
We may restrict or end a visitor's access at any time, for any reason, without advance notice.
14. Severability
If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms continue in effect. The affected provision will be adjusted only to the extent needed for enforceability.
15. Questions
Questions about these terms may be submitted through the Contact page.