Terms of Use

These terms govern access to Cherokee County Released Inmates and its links, referral tools, and informational content. By browsing or using any part of the site, you agree to follow them. If you do not accept every term, stop using the site. These conditions do not replace the rules of any Cherokee County office, South Carolina agency, court portal, or outside service reached through a link.

Important disclosure: Cherokee County Released Inmates is privately owned and has no affiliation with a government body, sheriff, jail, or corrections department. It helps visitors locate inmate, release, and jail-record resources for Cherokee County and South Carolina. It is not a private investigation firm or a consumer reporting agency. Neither this site nor its advertising partners offers services for credit, employment, insurance, tenant screening, or another purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.


Nature of the Service

This is a private reference site with no governmental authority. We do not store official jail, court, parole, or corrections records. We cannot confirm a person's custody status, cause anyone to be released, accept a public-record request for an agency, or file a court or government document.

The site points visitors toward Cherokee County inmate and jail-record resources, statewide South Carolina systems, and third-party research tools. The office or provider maintaining each source controls its own data, access rules, and response.


Acceptable Use Rules

You must use the site responsibly and without harming people, systems, or the ability of others to access it. In particular, you agree that you will not do any of the following.

  • Violate a local, state, federal, or other applicable law
  • Use information to stalk, harass, intimidate, or threaten anyone
  • Base hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decisions on site content
  • Try to enter accounts, servers, or data without authorization
  • Operate a bot, scraper, or other automated collection process
  • Interfere with the site's performance or another visitor's access

No Consumer Reports or Screening

Cherokee County Released Inmates is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It does not furnish background checks, credit reports, consumer reports, or screening services. Its advertising partners do not provide those services through this site. By using the site, you agree not to use its content for any FCRA-covered decision, including the following.

  • Hiring, retention, promotion, or termination decisions
  • Tenant selection or other housing screening
  • Creditworthiness, lending, or insurance premium decisions
  • Licensing, permits, or government-program eligibility
  • Any other purpose controlled by the FCRA

Third-Party Links and Tools

Links may lead to release records, sheriff and corrections websites, government portals, legal-aid resources, or outside search services. A link does not amount to endorsement. We do not control or accept responsibility for an outside service's content, accuracy, privacy practices, data handling, availability, or security. Review that provider's own terms and policies before using it.


Service Provided As Is

The site and all content are provided “as is” and “as available.” To the extent allowed by law, we make no express or implied warranty about any of these matters.

  • The accuracy, completeness, or current state of information
  • Continuous or uninterrupted availability
  • Freedom from errors, defects, bugs, or security weaknesses
  • The completeness or usefulness of a partner's search results

Custody status and public records can change at any time. Nothing published here is an official statement from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, a jail, SCDC, a court, or another government agency. Verify time-sensitive facts at their originating source.


Limits of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Cherokee County Released Inmates and its owners, operators, and content partners will not be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages arising from access to, reliance on, inability to use, or use of the site or an outside service.


Your Duty to Indemnify

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Cherokee County Released Inmates, its owners, operators, and partners from claims, losses, liabilities, costs, and reasonable legal fees resulting from your use of the site or your violation of these terms.


Ownership of Site Materials

Unless otherwise identified, the site's original text, graphics, logos, design elements, and code belong to Cherokee County Released Inmates or its content partners. You may not copy, republish, distribute, modify, or create derivative works from those materials without written permission.


Revisions to These Terms

We may revise these terms at any time. A revised version takes effect when it is posted on this page. Continued use after posting means the new terms apply to that use.


Restriction or Loss of Access

We may suspend, restrict, or block access to all or part of the site at any time, for any reason, and without advance notice. This right includes action taken to protect the service, users, or third parties.


South Carolina Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of South Carolina, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute concerning these terms or use of the site must be filed in a court with proper jurisdiction in South Carolina.


Severability of Provisions

If a court finds one part of these terms invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect. The affected provision will be narrowed or adjusted only as much as needed to make it valid and enforceable.


Questions About These Terms

Send questions about these terms through the Contact Us page. That contact route is for site questions, not custody confirmation or government record requests.