NO FCRA USE. This privately run resource has no connection to Hampton City, the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any government body. It and its advertising partners do not offer a service for credit, employment, tenant, insurance, or other decisions governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Hampton City Criminal History is neither a private investigation firm nor a consumer reporting agency.
1. What This Website Is
This is a private reference site, independently operated and unaffiliated with government. It neither stores official criminal records nor retrieves records, performs official checks, or files papers for a user.
Its role is to identify Hampton Police, the Sheriff, Hampton courts, the Virginia Department of State Police Central Criminal Records Exchange, and the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry as distinct record sources. Some pages also connect to outside research tools.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use of the website is conditioned on avoiding the following conduct:
- Stalking, threatening, or harassing a person with information found here
- Using site content for an FCRA-regulated decision
- Violating any federal, Virginia, or local law
- Running bots, scrapers, or other automated collection tools
- Attempting unauthorized access to any system
- Disrupting the service or preventing access by others
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
No one may use information from this website or a linked tool to harass, stalk, intimidate, threaten, or unlawfully discriminate. Virginia Code § 9.1-918 makes willful misuse, intimidation, or harassment involving Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry information a Class 1 misdemeanor. Registry data serves lawful safety awareness, never vigilantism or an FCRA-regulated decision.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Hampton County Criminal History is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and creates no consumer report, credit report, or official background check. Its content and linked tools must not be used to:
- Make a credit or lending decision
- Screen a person for employment
- Evaluate a tenant or housing applicant
- Set insurance eligibility or premiums
- Carry out any other purpose regulated by the FCRA
A legally permitted official check should be obtained through the Virginia Department of State Police CARE process or an appropriate FCRA-compliant provider.
5. No Legal Advice
Website content is general information, not legal advice. Only a licensed Virginia attorney can advise how a Hampton charge, conviction, warrant, expungement, or sealing rule applies to a particular set of facts.
6. No Warranties
All content and functions are supplied "as is," without a promise that:
- The information here is accurate, complete, or current at any given time
- The site will stay up and running without interruptions
- Our pages are free of errors, bugs, or security holes
- Results from our partner search tools will be thorough or accurate
Charges, dispositions, sealing orders, and agency procedures change. Gaps and delays can occur. Nothing published here is an official statement by a Hampton court, police department, sheriff, or Virginia agency.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may open Hampton offices, Virginia court portals, state agencies, legal resources, or independent search services. Their content, privacy practices, prices, availability, and terms are controlled by those operators. Review those terms before use.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Hampton County Criminal History or its content partners. Copying, adapting, or distributing them requires prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for damages arising from use of the website, its information, or a linked service.
10. Indemnification
A user agrees to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, demands, or proceedings caused by that user's conduct or breach of these terms, including related legal costs.
11. Governing Law
Virginia law governs these terms. Any dispute connected with website use must be brought in a court located in Virginia. Public-record access through Hampton offices remains subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Code §§ 2.2-3700 et seq., and CCRE dissemination remains governed by Code § 19.2-389.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised at any time. A revision takes effect when the new text is posted here.
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 adjusted only as far as necessary to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these conditions may be directed through the Contact page.