Durham County Busted Mugshots is privately operated. It has no affiliation with a government body, sheriff’s office, jail, or corrections department, including the Durham County Sheriff’s Office or Durham County Detention Facility. Neither this service nor its advertising partners offers FCRA-covered services. The service is not a private investigation firm or a consumer reporting agency, and its records references are not for credit, employment, insurance, tenant screening, or another use regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
What Durham County Busted Mugshots Is
This is a private reference service with no official connection to Durham County, North Carolina, DCSO, the jail, or any other public office. It stores no official government records. It cannot confirm that someone is in custody, arrange a release, or file a document for a visitor.
Its purpose is to point people toward relevant resources, such as the DCSO Inmate Population Search, the sheriff’s Records Division, North Carolina eCourts, and the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. It may also connect visitors with outside research tools. Those links do not turn the service into the record custodian.
Conditions for Acceptable Use
Use the pages lawfully and with respect for other people’s rights. The following conduct is not permitted:
- Breaking any applicable law while accessing or using the service.
- Using information to stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or target a person.
- Using site content for hiring, housing, lending, insurance, or another FCRA-covered decision.
- Trying to gain access to systems, accounts, or data without authorization.
- Operating bots, scrapers, or similar automated collection tools against the service.
- Interfering with availability or making access harder for other visitors.
FCRA Status and Limits
Durham County Busted Mugshots is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It does not prepare background checks, credit reports, or consumer reports, and neither it nor its advertising partners provides screening services. You agree not to use any information from these pages or linked tools for an FCRA-covered purpose, including:
- Hiring, promotion, retention, or firing decisions.
- Tenant selection or other housing screening.
- Assessing creditworthiness or setting insurance premiums.
- Licensing, permits, or eligibility for a government program.
- Any other purpose governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
External Links and Services
Links may lead to the DCSO roster, sheriff and corrections pages, NC eCourts, federal locators, legal resources, or independent search services. Those organizations control their own content, data practices, terms, fees, and availability. A link is provided for reference, not as an endorsement, partnership, or guarantee. Review the destination’s terms before submitting information or relying on a result.
Information Comes Without Warranties
All pages and materials are supplied “as is” and “as available.” No warranty is made about:
- The accuracy, completeness, or current status of any information.
- Continuous, timely, or error-free access.
- Freedom from bugs, harmful code, or security weaknesses.
- The depth, correctness, or completeness of results from a partner tool.
Custody data and public records can change, and an outside office may update its information without notice. Nothing here is an official statement by DCSO, the Durham County Detention Facility, NCDAC, or another government agency.
Limits on Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Durham County Busted Mugshots and the people or businesses involved in operating it are not liable for losses or damages arising from access to, reliance on, or inability to use the service, including indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages.
Your Responsibility to Protect Us
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Durham County Busted Mugshots and its operators, partners, and service providers from claims, losses, liabilities, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, that result from your use of the service or your breach of these Terms & Conditions.
Ownership of Site Materials
The written content, graphics, logos, page design, and code belong to Durham County Busted Mugshots or the applicable content partner. No one may copy, distribute, alter, republish, or make a derivative use of those materials without written permission from the rights holder.
Updates to These Conditions
These Terms & Conditions may be revised at any time. A revised version becomes effective when it is posted here. Continued use after a change means that you accept the updated wording.
Access May Be Revoked
Access to some or all of the service may be restricted, suspended, or blocked at any time and for any reason, with or without advance notice.
North Carolina Law Applies
These conditions are governed by the laws of North Carolina, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute must be brought in a court located within North Carolina, unless applicable law requires another forum.
If One Term Fails
If a court finds part of these conditions invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. The affected language will be narrowed or adjusted only as much as needed to make it enforceable.
How to Send Questions
Questions about these Terms & Conditions may be sent through the Contacts page. The contact route cannot confirm custody, release a person, or replace the DCSO Records Division, the Durham Clerk of Court, or another originating office.