NO FCRA USE. Pickens County Criminal History is privately operated and has no government affiliation. It and its advertising partners do not offer a service for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The site is neither a private investigation firm nor a consumer reporting agency.
1. What This Website Is
This is a private reference site with no connection to a public office. It does not hold official criminal records, retrieve files, perform official checks, or submit paperwork for a user.
Its content identifies custodians of Pickens County records, including the sheriff, local courts, SLED, and the South Carolina Sex Offender Registry Tool. Some pages also connect readers to search services run by outside companies.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use of the site is conditioned on the following limits. You must not:
- Use the site in violation of federal, South Carolina, or local law
- Threaten, stalk, or harass a person with information found here
- Use content for a credit, employment, housing, or insurance decision
- Attempt to enter a restricted system or account
- Deploy a bot, scraper, or other automated collection tool
- Interfere with site access, operation, or performance
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
Information from this site or a linked service may not be used to harass, stalk, intimidate, threaten, or discriminate. South Carolina law imposes added punishment when registry information is used to commit a crime under S.C. Code §23-3-510. Registry access supports lawful community awareness, not retaliation, vigilantism, or prohibited discrimination.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Pickens County Criminal History is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and does not produce credit reports, background reports, or consumer reports. Neither the site nor its advertising partners provide a service for:
- Employment eligibility or retention decisions
- Rental or other housing screening
- Creditworthiness or insurance eligibility
- Eligibility for a license, permit, or public benefit
- Any additional decision governed by the FCRA
A person who needs a report for a regulated purpose must use the legally required official or FCRA-compliant process.
5. No Legal Advice
The material is general information, not legal advice. Only a licensed South Carolina attorney can advise how a charge, warrant, conviction, or expungement law affects a specific situation.
6. No Warranties
All content and functions are supplied "as is," without a promise that:
- Information is always complete, accurate, or current
- Access will be continuous or uninterrupted
- Every page is free of bugs, errors, or security defects
- An outside search provider will return complete or correct results
Charges, dispositions, restrictions, and expungement orders can change the public record. Content may therefore lag an official source and must not be treated as a statement from a sheriff, court, SLED, or another agency.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Outbound links may lead to sheriff, court, state, legal-service, or private search sites. Their operators control content, availability, privacy, and charges. Review the destination's terms because this site is not responsible for those services.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Pickens County Criminal History or its content partners. Copying, modification, distribution, or derivative use requires prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent allowed by law, the site is not liable for damage arising from its use or from reliance on information supplied here or by a linked service.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the site harmless against claims, demands, proceedings, legal fees, and related costs caused by your use of the site or breach of these terms.
11. Governing Law
South Carolina law governs these terms. Any dispute concerning use of the site must be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction in South Carolina.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised. A replacement version takes effect when it is posted here.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be restricted or ended at any time and without advance notice.
14. Severability
If one provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms continue in force. The affected language will be narrowed only as needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these conditions may be submitted through the Contact page.