NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website has no government affiliation and is not a consumer reporting agency. Neither the site nor its advertising partners offers a service for credit, employment, insurance, tenant, or other decisions regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Its role is to help readers locate criminal record sources in Yates County and New York.
1. What This Website Is
Yates County Criminal History is an independent reference resource with no connection to a government office. It does not hold official criminal records, retrieve records, perform official background checks, or submit filings for a visitor.
The site identifies official custodians, including the Yates County Sheriff, Yates County courts and Clerk, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, and New York State Sex Offender Registry. It may also link to outside search tools that can assist with personal research.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Every visitor agrees not to:
- Use the site in violation of federal, New York, or local law
- Stalk, intimidate, threaten, or harass another person with information found here
- Use site content for credit, employment, housing, or insurance decisions
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any system or account
- Run scrapers, bots, or other automated collection tools against the pages
- Interfere with performance or another person's access
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
Information from this site or a linked service may not be used to harass, stalk, threaten, intimidate, or unlawfully discriminate against anyone. New York registry data requires added care. Correction Law Article 6-C governs the New York State Sex Offender Registry, and its information is intended for lawful public-safety awareness rather than vigilantism or retaliation. Misuse against a listed person or family may be a crime.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Yates County Criminal History is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and does not create credit reports, background reports, or consumer reports. The site and its advertising partners do not provide tools designed to assess an applicant, renter, borrower, insured person, or another consumer. A visitor must not use information here or from a linked tool to:
- Make a hiring or termination decision
- Evaluate a renter or housing application
- Set credit or insurance terms
- Decide eligibility for a license, permit, or public benefit
- Carry out any other FCRA-regulated purpose
A legally compliant check for such a purpose must come from the appropriate official channel or an FCRA-compliant consumer reporting agency.
5. No Legal Advice
Site content is general information, not legal advice. A description of Yates County records or New York procedures cannot determine how a charge, conviction, warrant, or record-sealing law applies to one person. A licensed New York attorney should address case-specific legal questions.
6. No Warranties
All content and services are supplied "as is." No promise is made that:
- Information will always be complete, accurate, or current
- The website will operate without interruption
- Every page will be free of defects or security risks
- A partner tool will return a complete or correct result
Yates County and New York records change through filing, correction, dismissal, sealing, and other official acts. Information here is not an official representation by a court, sheriff, clerk, or state agency.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may lead to government sites, court systems, legal resources, and outside search services. Those destinations are controlled by their operators. We are not responsible for an outside site's content, availability, data handling, prices, or terms. Visitors should review the destination's terms before using it.
8. Intellectual Property
Unless stated otherwise, the website's text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Yates County Criminal History or its content partners. They may not be copied, changed, distributed, or used to create derivative work without prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent allowed by law, we are not liable for harm arising from access to or use of the site, including reliance on information found here or through an external service.
10. Indemnification
A visitor agrees to defend and hold us harmless from claims, demands, legal proceedings, costs, and reasonable legal fees caused by that visitor's use of the site or violation of these terms.
11. Governing Law
New York law governs these terms. A dispute related to use of the website must be brought in a court with jurisdiction in New York.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised at any time. A revision takes effect when the updated terms are posted on this page.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be restricted or terminated at any time, with or without prior notice, when we choose to do so.
14. Severability
If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms continue in force. The affected provision will be limited or revised only as needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these terms may be submitted through the Contact page.