FCRA and Consumer Reporting Notice
This website is not a background-check product, consumer report, tenant-screening report, employment-screening service or consumer reporting agency.
Not a consumer reporting agency
publiccourtrecords.org/ does not assemble, verify, score, sell or furnish consumer reports. We do not provide criminal background checks, tenant screening, employment screening, credit reports, insurance eligibility reports, licensing reports or any report intended to determine a person’s eligibility.
Our pages are educational guides to official court-record access routes. They are not designed for regulated screening decisions.
Prohibited uses
Do not use our content, screenshots, links, summaries or guidance for employment, hiring, promotion, housing, tenant screening, credit, insurance, licensing, admissions, benefits, loans, volunteer screening or similar decisions covered by consumer-reporting laws.
- Do not treat a public docket as a background check.
- Do not use name-search results to judge a person’s eligibility.
- Do not use screenshots as evidence in a screening process.
- Do not rely on this site for adverse action, verification or dispute procedures.
Allowed educational uses
| Use | Allowed? | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Learning where official court records may be found | Yes | This is general public education. |
| Finding a clerk office before requesting your own record | Yes | Final action still goes through official office. |
| Checking a case you are personally involved in | Yes, for navigation only | Court and attorney should confirm legal meaning. |
| Screening a job applicant | No | Requires FCRA/legal compliance outside this site. |
| Screening a tenant | No | Requires FCRA/legal compliance outside this site. |
| Evaluating credit, insurance or license eligibility | No | This site is not a consumer-reporting service. |
For businesses and landlords
If you are an employer, landlord, lender, insurer, licensing body, volunteer organisation or decision-maker, do not rely on this website. Use a legally compliant process and consult counsel about your obligations.
Site-wide trust note
publiccourtrecords.org/ is built for educational and informational use. Our guides are written to help users understand court-record systems, official portals, clerk routes, case-number searches, courthouse contact paths, screenshots and public-record limits. We are not a court, clerk, attorney, government agency, consumer reporting agency, background-check company or official record issuer.
When a guide contains links, phone numbers, addresses, maps, screenshots or resource notes, our content process is to manually review those details before publication or update. Court systems still control final access, fees, restrictions, filings, sealed records, certified copies and official case status.