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Terms of Use

These terms govern use of this private Garland County reference website. By visiting a page, reading a guide, or using a search feature here, you agree to the conditions below. If you do not accept them, do not continue using the site.

NO FCRA USE. This website is privately owned and operated. It has no affiliation with Garland County, the State of Arkansas, any court, law-enforcement agency, or federal government body. Neither this site nor any advertising partner offers services for credit checks, employment screening, insurance underwriting, tenant evaluation, or any other use regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The site exists to help visitors locate criminal-record resources in Garland County and Arkansas. We are not a private investigation firm and are not a consumer reporting agency.

1. What This Website Is

This is a private reference site. We operate independently and have no authority over any government office. We do not store official criminal records and cannot pull records, run official background checks, or file documents for anyone.

Our role is to point readers toward offices and systems that may hold Garland County criminal records, including the Circuit Clerk, District Court, Sheriff's Department, Detention Center, Hot Springs Police Records, Search ARCourts / CourtConnect, Arkansas State Police / ACIC, ARCH, and the Arkansas Sex Offender Registry / Arkansas Sex Offender Notification System. We may also link to third-party tools that can help with research.

2. Rules for Using This Site

You agree that you will not:

  • Break any federal, state, or local law while using this site
  • Use information you find here to stalk, harass, or threaten anyone
  • Base hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decisions on content from this site
  • Try to break into our systems or gain access you are not supposed to have
  • Run bots, scrapers, or automated tools against our pages
  • Do anything that slows the site down or blocks other people from using it

3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination

Using information from this site, or from any linked tool, to harass, stalk, intimidate, threaten, or discriminate against any person is prohibited and may be a crime. This applies with special force to Arkansas Sex Offender Registry / Arkansas Sex Offender Notification System data. Registry information exists for public safety awareness, not for unlawful retaliation, vigilante action, employment blacklisting, or housing discrimination.

4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

We are not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. We do not generate background checks, credit reports, or consumer reports of any kind. Neither we nor our advertising partners provide services built for screening job applicants, reviewing rental applications, calculating insurance rates, or judging creditworthiness. You agree not to use data from this site or any linked tool to:

  • Decide whether to hire or fire someone
  • Screen potential renters or housing applicants
  • Judge creditworthiness or set insurance premiums
  • Determine who qualifies for licenses, permits, or government programs
  • Do anything else that falls under FCRA rules

If you need a background check for an FCRA-regulated purpose, use an FCRA-compliant screening company or an official channel authorized for that purpose.

5. No Legal Advice

Nothing on this site is legal advice. We explain how criminal records generally work in Garland County, but we cannot tell you how a charge, conviction, warrant, Arkansas FOIA issue, or record-sealing rule applies to a specific situation. For that, consult a licensed Arkansas attorney.

6. No Warranties

Everything on this site is provided "as is." We do not guarantee 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

Criminal records change often as charges are filed, amended, dismissed, sealed, or updated by a court or agency. We try to keep pages current, but gaps are unavoidable. Nothing on this site should be treated as an official statement from a court, sheriff, police department, ACIC, or any government agency.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

We link to Garland County offices, Hot Springs city resources, Search ARCourts / CourtConnect, ARCH, ACIC, Arkansas Department of Corrections pages, registry resources, legal aid organizations, and outside search services. Those sites are not controlled by us. We are not responsible for their content, data practices, fees, availability, or results.

8. Intellectual Property

All text, graphics, logos, and code on this site belong to Garland County Criminal History or our content partners. You may not copy, distribute, modify, or build on our content without written permission first.

9. Limits on Our Liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for damages that come from using this site - including decisions made based on information found here or through any linked service.

10. Indemnification

You agree to hold us harmless from any claim, legal action, or demand that stems from how you used this site or from breaking these terms. That includes covering our legal fees and related costs.

11. Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Arkansas. Any legal dispute connected to use of this site must be filed in courts located within Arkansas, unless applicable law requires another forum.

12. Changes to These Terms

We can update these terms whenever we see fit. New terms go into effect the moment they appear on this page.

13. Cutting Off Access

We can limit or block your access to this site at any time, for any reason, with no warning.

14. Severability

If a court rules that any part of these terms is invalid or unenforceable, the rest stand. The problem section gets adjusted only as much as needed to make it work.

15. Questions

Questions about these terms may be routed through the Contact page.