NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website has no government affiliation. It and its advertising partners do not offer a service for credit, employment, insurance, tenant, or any other Fair Credit Reporting Act purpose. Polk County and Tennessee record-access information is provided only as a general reference. This is neither a private investigation firm nor a consumer reporting agency.
1. What This Website Is
This is a private reference site with no connection to a government office. It does not store official files, obtain records for a visitor, run an official check, or submit paperwork.
Its role is to identify the Polk County Sheriff, Polk County courts, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tennessee Sex Offender Registry, and other sources that may hold a requested record. Some pages also connect to independently operated search tools.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use is conditioned on the following restrictions. You may not:
- Violate federal, Tennessee, or local law through the site
- Threaten, harass, or stalk a person using information encountered here
- Use site content for employment, housing, credit, or insurance decisions
- Attempt unauthorized access to any system or account
- Deploy bots, scrapers, or other automated collection tools
- Disrupt service or interfere with another visitor's access
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
Information from this site or a linked service must not be used to stalk, intimidate, threaten, harass, or discriminate against anyone. The Tennessee Sex Offender Registry warns that threats, stalking, harassment, retribution, or added punishment may create criminal or civil liability under the registry framework, including T.C.A. §40-39-206. Registry access supports public awareness, not vigilantism or unlawful discrimination.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
This website is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and does not create credit reports, consumer reports, or official background checks. Site data and linked tools may not be used to:
- Make an employment decision
- Evaluate a tenant or housing applicant
- Set credit or insurance eligibility
- Determine access to a license, permit, or public benefit
- Carry out any other FCRA-regulated purpose
A legally permitted check for a regulated purpose must come from an appropriate official or FCRA-compliant provider, not this site.
5. No Legal Advice
General descriptions of Polk County records are not legal advice. A Tennessee lawyer should address how a charge, warrant, judgment, or expungement rule applies to a specific situation.
6. No Warranties
All content is supplied "as is," without a promise that:
- Every detail is always complete, accurate, or current
- Service will remain uninterrupted
- The pages contain no defect or security weakness
- An outside search provider will return a complete or correct result
Charges, judgments, sealing orders, and expungements can change a record. Updates may lag, and no site statement replaces confirmation from the Polk clerk, sheriff, TBI, or another official custodian.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Outbound links include government offices, courts, agencies, legal resources, and private search services. We do not control those destinations, their content, prices, availability, or treatment of data. Their own terms apply after you leave this site.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Polk County Criminal History or its content partners. Copying, distribution, modification, or derivative use requires prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim liability for loss arising from site use or reliance on information provided here or by a linked service.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, demands, proceedings, fees, and related costs caused by your site use or violation of these terms.
11. Governing Law
Tennessee law governs these terms. Any dispute tied to use of the site must be brought in a court located in Tennessee. Government record access remains governed separately by the Tennessee Public Records Act, T.C.A. §§10-7-501 through 10-7-506, and TBI criminal-history dissemination by T.C.A. §38-6-120.
12. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these terms. A revision takes effect when the new text is posted here.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be limited or ended at any time, for any reason, without advance notice.
14. Severability
If one provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms continue in force. The affected text will be narrowed only as needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these terms may be directed through the Contact page.