NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website has no connection to a local, California, or federal government body. Neither the site nor its advertising partners offers a service intended for credit, employment, insurance, tenant-screening, or another purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Its role is to identify Humboldt County and California criminal-record resources. 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, retrieve protected records, conduct official checks, or submit filings for a user.
The content directs readers to custodians such as the Humboldt County Sheriff's Records Unit, Superior Court, California DOJ Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis, and California Megan's Law Website. It may also connect readers with outside research tools.
2. Rules for Using This Site
As a condition of access, you must not:
- Use the site in violation of local, California, or federal law
- Threaten, stalk, or harass a person using information found here
- Rely on site content for hiring, housing, credit, or insurance decisions
- Attempt unauthorized entry into a system or account
- Deploy scrapers, bots, or other automated collection tools
- Interfere with performance or another visitor's access
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
You may not use information from this site or a linked tool to intimidate, threaten, harass, stalk, or discriminate against anyone. That prohibition is especially important for the California Megan's Law Website, whose terms and California law restrict misuse of registry data and may impose criminal penalties. Registry information supports public-safety awareness. It does not authorize vigilantism, employment blacklisting, or housing discrimination.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and do not create consumer, credit, or background reports. The site and its advertising partners are not services for evaluating applicants, rental requests, insurance risk, or credit. You must not use site or linked-tool data to:
- Make an employment decision
- Evaluate a renter or housing application
- Set insurance terms or assess creditworthiness
- Decide eligibility for a license, permit, or public benefit
- Carry out any other FCRA-regulated purpose
Where a lawful purpose requires a check, use an authorized California DOJ BCIA process or a provider that complies with the FCRA. Penal Code § 11105 controls dissemination of California criminal-history information and does not make this site an authorized repository.
5. No Legal Advice
Site content is not legal advice. General information about Humboldt County records cannot determine how a charge, conviction, warrant, dismissal, or sealing rule applies to one matter. Consult an attorney licensed in California for that advice.
6. No Warranties
All content and services are supplied "as is." We make no promise that:
- Information is always accurate, complete, or current
- Access will remain uninterrupted
- Pages contain no defect, error, or security weakness
- An outside search provider will return complete or correct results
Charges may be filed, changed, dismissed, sealed, or subject to California relief, so record information changes. Gaps and delays can occur. Nothing published here is an official statement from HCSO, a court, California DOJ, or another agency.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may lead to sheriff, court, California agency, legal-aid, registry, or commercial search services. Those destinations are outside our control. We are not responsible for their availability, prices, data practices, or content. Read their own terms before use.
8. Intellectual Property
Humboldt County Criminal History or its content partners own the site's text, graphics, logos, and code. You may not reproduce, distribute, alter, or create derivative material from them without prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for loss or damages arising from site use, including reliance on content obtained here or through a linked service.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless against claims, actions, and demands caused by your site use or violation of these terms, including related costs and reasonable legal fees.
11. Governing Law
California law governs these terms. Any dispute arising from site use must be brought in a court located in California. Public access to Humboldt County agency records is separately governed by the California Public Records Act, Government Code division 10, sections 7920.000 through 7931.000.
12. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these conditions at any time. A revision becomes effective when the updated terms are posted here.
13. Cutting Off Access
We may restrict or terminate site access at any time, for any reason, and 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 limited only as far as needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions concerning these terms may be directed through the Contact page.