NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website has no connection to a federal, South Carolina, or Lancaster County government agency. The site and its advertising partners do not provide services for credit, employment, insurance, tenant, or other decisions governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). This is a Lancaster County record-location resource, not a private investigation firm or consumer reporting agency.
1. What This Website Is
This is an independent private reference site. It stores no official criminal records and cannot retrieve a record, conduct an official check, or submit a filing for a visitor.
Its role is to identify record custodians, including the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, local criminal courts, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, and the South Carolina Sex Offender Registry, and to provide links to outside research tools.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use of the site is conditioned on the following restrictions. A visitor must not:
- Use automated bots or scrapers against the pages
- Interfere with site performance or access for others
- Attempt unauthorized entry into any system or account
- Use content for hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decisions
- Stalk, harass, intimidate, or threaten another person
- Violate any federal, state, or local law
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
No one may use information found here or through a linked tool to stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or discriminate. South Carolina places specific limits on use of South Carolina Sex Offender Registry data. Under S.C. Code §23-3-510, using that information to commit another crime may add a separate penalty. Registry information supports public-safety awareness, never private punishment or vigilante action.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and produce no consumer, credit, or background report. Neither the website nor an advertising partner offers a service intended for regulated screening. Information from this site or a linked tool cannot be used to:
- Make any other decision governed by the FCRA
- Determine eligibility for a license, permit, or government benefit
- Set insurance terms or judge creditworthiness
- Evaluate a rental or housing application
- Make a hiring or firing decision
A lawful check for a regulated purpose must come from South Carolina Law Enforcement Division where authorized or from an FCRA-compliant provider.
5. No Legal Advice
The material is general information, not legal advice. Only a licensed South Carolina attorney can advise how a Lancaster County charge, warrant, conviction, or expungement law applies to a specific set of facts.
6. No Warranties
All content and services are supplied "as is," without a guarantee that:
- An outside search provider will return complete or correct results
- The pages contain no defect, bug, or security weakness
- Access will always be uninterrupted
- Every item is current, complete, and accurate
Charges, dispositions, sealing, and expungement can change a record after publication. Gaps and delays are unavoidable. No content here is an official statement by a court, sheriff, or other government body.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
A link may lead to a sheriff, court, state agency, legal resource, or outside search service. We do not control that destination and accept no responsibility for its availability, content, fees, or data practices. Review its terms before use.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Lancaster County Criminal History or its content partners. They may not be copied, changed, distributed, or used to create derivative work without prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for damages arising from use of the site, its information, or a linked service.
10. Indemnification
You agree to defend and hold us harmless against a claim, demand, or action caused by your use of the site or breach of these terms, including related legal costs and fees.
11. Governing Law
South Carolina law governs these terms. Any dispute related to site use must be brought in a court located within South Carolina. Public-record access is separately governed by the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, while S.C. Code §23-3-115 controls SLED criminal-history dissemination.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised at any time. A revision becomes effective when the updated text 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, all remaining provisions continue in force. The affected language will be narrowed only as needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these terms may be directed through the Contact page.