NO FCRA USE. This privately run website is not affiliated with a government agency and is not a consumer reporting agency. Neither it nor its advertising partners offers a service for credit, employment, insurance, tenant-screening, or any other Fair Credit Reporting Act purpose. Its role is limited to helping readers locate DeKalb County and Alabama record resources.
1. What This Website Is
This is a private reference site with no government affiliation. It neither stores official criminal records nor retrieves records, conducts official checks, or submits documents for users.
Its content routes readers to DeKalb County Sheriff Administration, the DeKalb Circuit Clerk, ALEA's Criminal Records Identification Unit, the Alabama Sex Offender Registry, and other custodians, along with outside research tools.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Users agree not to:
- Use the site in violation of federal, Alabama, or local law, including Ala. Code § 41-9-601's restrictions on false-pretense access to or unauthorized communication of criminal-offender information
- Harass, stalk, threaten, or intimidate another person with information found here
- Use site content for hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decisions
- Attempt unauthorized access to any system
- Deploy bots, scrapers, or other automated collection tools
- Interfere with site performance or another visitor's access
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
Information from this website or a linked tool may not be used to harass, stalk, threaten, intimidate, or discriminate. Ala. Code § 15-20A-8(h) specifically warns against using Alabama Sex Offender Registry information to unlawfully injure, harass, or commit a crime against a listed person or anyone at a reported address. Registry information exists for public awareness, not vigilantism or unlawful discrimination.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and do not create credit reports, background checks, or consumer reports. Users may not rely on this website or a linked tool to:
- Make a hiring or firing decision
- Evaluate an applicant for housing
- Set insurance terms or assess creditworthiness
- Determine eligibility for a license, permit, or government benefit
- Carry out any other FCRA-regulated use
A lawful official check must come through the proper ALEA process or an FCRA-compliant screening provider, as the circumstances require.
5. No Legal Advice
General explanations of DeKalb County procedures are not legal advice. A licensed Alabama attorney should address how a warrant, charge, conviction, or expungement statute applies to a particular case.
6. No Warranties
The website is supplied "as is," without a guarantee that:
- Its information will always be complete, accurate, or current
- Access will be uninterrupted
- Every page will be free from bugs or security faults
- A partner tool will return complete or correct results
Charges, dispositions, access rules, and expungement status can change. Official confirmation must come from the record custodian. Alabama's public-writings access baseline is Ala. Code § 36-12-40, while court access remains subject to confidentiality rules and lawful restrictions.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may lead to official government pages, legal resources, or outside search services that we do not operate. We are not responsible for a destination's content, prices, data practices, availability, or terms.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, branding, and code belong to DeKalb County Criminal History or its content partners. They may not be copied, changed, distributed, or adapted without written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent Alabama law permits, we are not liable for losses arising from use of this website or reliance on information supplied here or through a linked service.
10. Indemnification
A user agrees to protect and hold us harmless from claims, demands, actions, costs, and legal fees that arise from that user's conduct or breach of these terms.
11. Governing Law
Alabama law governs these terms. A dispute related to the website must be brought in an appropriate court located in Alabama.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be changed, and a revision becomes effective when posted on this page.
13. Cutting Off Access
We may restrict or terminate access at any time, for any reason, and without advance notice.
14. Severability
If one provision is found invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions remain effective. The affected language will be adjusted only as far as needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these terms may be submitted through the Contact page.