1. Purpose of the Website
New Hanover County People Search is a private reference service. It describes and links to public records, court indexes, directories, and lookup portals used to identify people in New Hanover County, North Carolina. The site hosts no government files and has no affiliation with a government agency, court, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
You may use the service only for lawful purposes. Neither the site nor information reached through it may be used to:
- Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm any person
- Locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order
- Commit identity theft or fraud
- Make FCRA-regulated decisions involving credit, employment, housing, or insurance
- Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
- Interfere with the site's operation or security
3. No Consumer Reports
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Content here and results from linked search tools are not consumer reports. They must not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.
4. External Services
Links may lead to government portals, outside services, or sponsored search tools. Their own policies and terms apply. We do not control their content, uptime, prices, or treatment of data.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without express or implied warranties. We do not promise that information is complete, correct, or current. Nor do we guarantee that an outside portal will remain available or produce an accurate match.
6. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent the law permits, we are not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages connected to use of the service or a linked resource, including choices based on a retrieved record.
7. Your Duty to Indemnify
You agree to defend and hold the site's operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, caused by misuse of the service or a breach of these terms.
8. Site Intellectual Property
Copyright protects the original writing, design, logo, and layout. You may link to a page or quote a short attributed passage. Republishing full pages or systematically copying site content is prohibited.
9. Revisions to These Terms
We can revise these terms by posting a replacement here. Continued use after a revision signals acceptance of the new version.
10. Restricting Access
We may restrict or block a user who abuses the service or violates these terms, at our discretion and without advance notice.
11. North Carolina Law
North Carolina law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. References to government access are informed by the North Carolina Public Records Law, N.C.G.S. Chapter 132, but that statute governs records custodians and does not convert this private site into one.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, every remaining provision continues in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms can be directed through the Contact page.