NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website has no connection to a local, state, or federal agency. It and its advertising partners do not provide services for credit decisions, employment screening, insurance underwriting, tenant screening, or another use regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The resource identifies official record channels in Franklin County, Alabama. It is neither a consumer reporting agency nor a private investigation firm.
1. What This Website Is
This is a private reference site with no government affiliation. It does not store official criminal records, retrieve files, conduct official background checks, or submit documents for a visitor.
The website points to custodians of Franklin County criminal records, including the sheriff, criminal courts, ALEA's Criminal Justice Information Services Division, and the Alabama Sex Offender Registry. It may also connect visitors with outside search services.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use of the website is conditioned on the following restrictions. A visitor may not:
- Interfere with performance or prevent another visitor from using the website
- Deploy a bot, scraper, or automated collection tool against the pages
- Attempt unauthorized access to any account, server, or system
- Use content for an FCRA-regulated credit, insurance, housing, or employment decision
- Threaten, stalk, or harass a person with information found here
- Violate any applicable local, Alabama, or federal law
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
Information from this website or a linked service must not be used to stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or unlawfully discriminate against anyone. Ala. Code ยง15-20A-8 specifically warns against unlawfully injuring, harassing, or committing a crime against a listed person or anyone at a reported address. Alabama Sex Offender Registry information supports lawful community awareness, not vigilantism.
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. Our advertising partners do not turn this resource into a service for screening applicants, evaluating rental applications, setting insurance rates, or judging credit. Information here or in a linked tool must not be used to:
- Perform any other activity regulated by the FCRA
- Determine eligibility for a license, permit, or public benefit when consumer-report rules apply
- Assess credit or establish an insurance premium
- Evaluate a housing or rental applicant
- Make an employment decision
A check for an FCRA-regulated purpose must come from a lawful, FCRA-compliant provider or the appropriate official process.
5. No Legal Advice
Nothing published here is legal advice. General information about Franklin County records cannot determine how a charge, conviction, warrant, or expungement law applies to a person. Consult a licensed Alabama attorney for legal advice.
6. No Warranties
All content is provided "as is," without a guarantee that:
- An outside search service will return a complete or correct result
- Every page is free from defects, mistakes, or security risks
- Access will always be available or uninterrupted
- Published information is complete, current, or accurate at all times
Criminal records change as charges are filed, resolved, amended, restricted, or expunged. Delays and gaps can occur. No page should be read as an official statement by a court, sheriff, or public agency.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links lead to government offices, courts, Alabama agencies, legal resources, and outside search providers. Those destinations are beyond our control. We are not responsible for their availability, prices, data practices, or content. Review their own terms before using them.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Franklin County Criminal History or its content partners. They may not be copied, modified, distributed, or used to create derivative material without prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, we are not liable for damages arising from website use, reliance on its content, or information supplied by a linked service.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims or demands caused by your use of the website or violation of these terms, including related legal fees and costs.
11. Governing Law
Alabama law governs these terms. A legal dispute arising from use of the website must be brought in a court located in Alabama.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised. A new version takes effect when it is posted to this page.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be limited or ended at any time, with or without advance notice.
14. Severability
If one provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue. The affected language will be modified only as needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these terms may be directed through the Contact page.