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Terms of Use

These terms govern each visit, search, and use of content on Grainger County Criminal History. By continuing to use the site, you accept every condition stated below. If you do not agree, stop using the site.

NO FCRA USE. This privately operated site is not affiliated with a government body and is not a consumer reporting agency. Neither the site nor its advertising partners offers a service for credit, employment, tenant, insurance, or any other Fair Credit Reporting Act decision.

1. What This Website Is

Grainger County Criminal History is an independent reference. It neither stores official records nor performs official checks, retrieves files, or submits paperwork. It points readers to Grainger County custodians, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tennessee correction systems, and the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry, along with outside search tools.

2. Rules for Using This Site

You agree not to:

  • Use the site in violation of federal, Tennessee, or local law
  • Stalk, threaten, harass, or harm another person
  • Use any content for an FCRA-regulated decision
  • Enter or disrupt systems without authorization
  • Run bots, scrapers, or other automated collection tools
  • Interfere with another visitor's access

3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination

Information obtained here or through a linked service may not be used to harass, stalk, intimidate, threaten, or discriminate. Tennessee Sex Offender Registry information has a public-safety purpose. Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-39-208 addresses registry violations, and misuse may carry criminal or civil consequences. Vigilante conduct is forbidden.

4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

Grainger County Criminal History creates no background, credit, or consumer report. Information from the site or a linked tool must not be used to decide credit, employment, insurance, housing, licensing, permits, benefits, or any other matter covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. A lawful regulated check must come from an authorized official route or an FCRA-compliant provider.

5. No Legal Advice

General explanations about Grainger County records are not legal advice. Only a licensed Tennessee attorney can advise how a charge, warrant, disposition, or expungement law applies to a specific set of facts.

6. No Warranties

The site and its content are provided "as is." No promise is made that information is complete, current, error-free, continuously available, secure, or matched correctly by an outside search tool. Official records can change through filing, dismissal, amendment, restriction, or expungement. Verify each fact with the office that maintains it.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

Links lead to government sites, legal resources, advertisers, and search services that Grainger County Criminal History does not operate. Their terms, content, fees, availability, and privacy practices are their own. Review those terms before using an external service.

8. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the site's text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Grainger County Criminal History or its content partners. Copying, distributing, modifying, or building upon that material requires prior written permission.

9. Limits on Our Liability

To the fullest extent allowed by Tennessee law, the site and its operators are not liable for loss or damage arising from use of the site, reliance on its content, or use of a linked service.

10. Indemnification

You agree to defend and hold the site and its operators harmless from claims, demands, actions, fees, and costs caused by your use of the site or breach of these terms.

11. Governing Law

Tennessee law governs these terms. Any dispute tied to use of Grainger County Criminal History must be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction in Tennessee. Public requests made to Grainger County government remain governed by the Tennessee Public Records Act, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 10-7-501 through 10-7-515.

12. Changes to These Terms

The terms may be revised at any time. A revision becomes effective when the updated text appears on this page.

13. Cutting Off Access

Access may be limited or ended at any time, with or without notice, including when use threatens the site or violates these terms.

14. Severability

If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay effective. The affected part will be narrowed only as much as needed to make it enforceable.

15. Questions

Questions about these terms can be directed through the Contact page.