NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website has no government affiliation and is not a consumer reporting agency. Neither the website nor its advertising partners provides a service designed for credit, employment, insurance, tenant, or another decision regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Its purpose is to organize Sussex County and Virginia criminal-record resources.
1. What This Website Is
Sussex County Criminal History is an independent reference resource with no connection to Sussex County, a court, the Sheriff's Office, VSP, or another government agency. It neither stores official criminal records nor conducts official checks or submits forms.
Its pages identify records held by the Sussex County Sheriff, General District and Circuit clerks, VSP Central Criminal Records Exchange and Civil & Applicant Records Exchange, and the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. Some pages also connect to independent search providers.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Every user agrees not to:
- Violate a federal, Virginia, or local law through the website
- Use information to threaten, harass, stalk, or harm another person
- Rely on site content for employment, housing, lending, or insurance decisions
- Enter systems or areas without authorization
- Deploy bots, scrapers, or other automated collection tools
- Disrupt service, security, or another visitor's access
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
Information from this website or a linked tool may not be used to stalk, intimidate, threaten, harass, or discriminate against anyone. This restriction is especially important for the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. Virginia Code § 9.1-912 frames registry dissemination around justice and public protection. Registry data does not authorize vigilantism, threats, blacklisting, or discriminatory treatment, and misuse can carry civil or criminal consequences.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Sussex County Criminal History is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and does not create a background check, credit report, or consumer report. The website and its advertising partners do not offer products intended to evaluate applicants, renters, borrowers, or insured parties. Users may not apply site content or a linked result to:
- Make a hiring, dismissal, or other employment decision
- Evaluate a prospective tenant or housing application
- Assess credit or establish an insurance rate
- Determine eligibility for a license, permit, or government benefit
- Carry out any other FCRA-regulated purpose
A legally compliant check for a regulated purpose must come through the appropriate VSP CCRE/CARE process or a qualified FCRA-compliant provider.
5. No Legal Advice
Content is general information, not legal advice. It cannot determine how a Sussex County charge, conviction, warrant, expungement, or sealing law applies to a particular person. Individual guidance should come from a Virginia-licensed attorney.
6. No Warranties
The website and its contents are supplied "as is." No warranty is made that:
- Every fact will be accurate, complete, or current
- Access will always be uninterrupted
- Pages will contain no error, defect, or security weakness
- An outside provider's search result will be complete or correctly matched
Charges, dispositions, sealing status, office contacts, and access rules can change. A page on this website is not an official statement from a Sussex County office, a Virginia court, or VSP.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links can lead to government portals, legal resources, and commercial search services that operate under their own terms. Sussex County Criminal History does not control an outside site's availability, content, charges, or data handling. The destination's terms should be reviewed before use.
8. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise identified, the website's text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Sussex County Criminal History or its content partners. Copying, distribution, alteration, or derivative use requires prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the greatest extent permitted by law, Sussex County Criminal History is not responsible for damages arising from use of the website, reliance on its content, or interaction with an outside service reached through it.
10. Indemnification
A user agrees to defend and hold the website harmless from a claim, demand, or legal action caused by that user's conduct, misuse of information, or violation of these terms, including reasonable related legal costs.
11. Governing Law
Virginia law governs these terms. Any dispute arising from website use must be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction and venue in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised when the service or legal requirements change. A revision takes effect when the updated terms are posted on this page.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be suspended, restricted, or ended at any time and without advance notice, including when conduct threatens the website, its providers, or other users.
14. Severability
If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. The affected term will be limited only as far as needed to make it lawful and enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these conditions can be directed through the Contact page.