NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website has no government affiliation and is not a consumer reporting agency. Neither the site nor its advertising partners provides a product for credit, employment, tenant, insurance, or any other use regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Its purpose is to route readers to Washington County and Kentucky criminal-record resources.
1. What This Website Is
Washington County Criminal History is an independent reference site. It neither keeps official criminal records nor performs official background checks, pulls records, or files documents for users.
The site identifies sources such as the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, Washington County Circuit Court Clerk, Kentucky State Police Criminal Identification and Records Branch, and Kentucky Sex Offender Registry. Government access remains controlled by the proper custodian and Kentucky law, including the Kentucky Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 through 61.884, and registry disclosure provisions in KRS 17.500 through 17.580.
2. Rules for Using This Site
A user must not:
- Violate federal, Kentucky, or local law through the site
- Threaten, stalk, harass, or intimidate another person
- Use site content for an FCRA-regulated decision
- Attempt unauthorized entry into any site system
- Run scrapers, bots, or other automated collection tools
- Disrupt performance or prevent another person from using the site
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
Site information and linked records may not be used to harass, stalk, threaten, intimidate, or unlawfully discriminate against anyone. Kentucky Sex Offender Registry information exists for safety awareness under KRS 17.580, not personal punishment or vigilante action. Misuse may violate KRS 525.070 or KRS 525.080 and can carry criminal consequences.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Washington County Criminal History does not create a credit report, background report, or consumer report and is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. Users agree not to rely on this site or a linked tool to:
- Make an employment decision
- Evaluate a tenant or housing applicant
- Set credit terms or judge creditworthiness
- Determine insurance rates or eligibility
- Make any other decision governed by the FCRA
A legally required screening product must come from a lawful official or FCRA-compliant source suited to that purpose.
5. No Legal Advice
The material is general information, not legal advice. It cannot determine how a Washington County charge, warrant, conviction, or expungement law applies to one person. A licensed Kentucky attorney should address legal questions.
6. No Warranties
The site and its content are provided “as is.” No promise is made that:
- Any fact is complete, accurate, or current
- The website will always be available or uninterrupted
- The pages will contain no defect, error, or security weakness
- An outside search result will be accurate or complete
Cases and records can change through filing, dismissal, amendment, sealing, or expungement. Nothing here is an official statement from a Kentucky court or Washington County office.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links can lead to government offices, courts, legal resources, and outside search providers. Their operators control their content, privacy practices, prices, terms, and availability. Washington County Criminal History is not responsible for those services, and users should review each destination’s terms.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Washington County Criminal History or the applicable content partner. No one may reproduce, distribute, alter, or build upon that material without prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the greatest extent Kentucky law permits, the site operator is not liable for loss or damage tied to use of the site, a linked service, or a decision based on information found through either one.
10. Indemnification
A user agrees to protect and hold the operator harmless from claims, demands, proceedings, costs, and legal fees arising from the user’s conduct, misuse of the site, or violation of these terms.
11. Governing Law
Kentucky law governs these terms. Any dispute arising from site use must be brought in an appropriate court located in Kentucky.
12. Changes to These Terms
The operator may revise these terms. A revision becomes effective when the updated terms are posted on this page.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be suspended, limited, or terminated at any time and without advance notice.
14. Severability
If one provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. The affected language will be limited only as much as needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these terms may be directed through the Contact page.