NO FCRA USE. This privately operated website has no affiliation with Story County, the State of Iowa, or any government body. Neither the website nor its advertising partners offers a service designed for credit, employment, insurance, tenant, or other decisions regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It is a public-reference resource, not a private investigator or consumer reporting agency.
1. What This Website Is
Story County Criminal History is an independent reference website. It does not keep official criminal records and cannot retrieve a file, conduct an official background check, or submit paperwork for a visitor.
Its content identifies the government offices and systems that hold Story County records, including the sheriff, Iowa District Court, Iowa Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Investigation, and Iowa Sex Offender Registry. Iowa Code chapter 22 governs open records held by public bodies, while Iowa Code chapter 692 governs state criminal-history dissemination. Those official laws and custodians do not turn this private website into a government records office.
2. Rules for Using This Site
A visitor agrees not to:
- Use the website in violation of federal, Iowa, or local law
- Use information to threaten, stalk, intimidate, or harass another person
- Rely on website content for hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decisions
- Attempt to enter systems or information without authorization
- Direct bots, scraping software, or other automated collection tools at the pages
- Interfere with website performance or another visitor's access
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
Information found here or through a linked tool may not be used to stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or unlawfully discriminate against anyone. Iowa Sex Offender Registry information requires particular care. Iowa Code ยง692A.122 penalizes specified threats, intimidation, harassment, and criminal misuse of public registry information. The registry exists for public-safety awareness, not vigilantism, employment blacklisting, or housing discrimination.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Story County Criminal History is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. It produces no credit report, consumer report, or official background check. Its advertising partners are not presented as services for evaluating applicants, insurance risks, creditworthiness, or rental requests. A visitor must not use information from the website or a linked tool to:
- Make a hiring, firing, or other employment decision
- Evaluate a renter or applicant for housing
- Set credit terms or an insurance rate
- Decide eligibility for a license, permit, or government benefit
- Carry out any other activity regulated by the FCRA
A legally compliant check for a regulated purpose must come from Iowa DCI or another provider authorized and compliant for that purpose.
5. No Legal Advice
The material is general information, not legal advice. It cannot determine how an Iowa charge, conviction, warrant, expungement rule, or court order applies to a particular person. Individual legal questions should be taken to an attorney licensed in Iowa.
6. No Warranties
All content and functions are supplied "as is." No warranty is made that:
- Any information is complete, accurate, or current at a particular time
- The website will remain available without delay or interruption
- The pages contain no defect, error, or security weakness
- An outside search provider will return a complete or correct match
Criminal records may change when charges are filed, amended, dismissed, sealed, or expunged. Procedures and government contacts can also change. Website content is never an official statement from the Story County sheriff, an Iowa court, DCI, or another public agency.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may point to Story County offices, Iowa court and agency pages, legal services, or outside search providers. Following a link transfers the visitor to a service outside this website's control. No responsibility is accepted for an external service's content, privacy practices, pricing, operation, or availability. Its own terms should be reviewed before use.
8. Intellectual Property
Text, graphics, logos, and code belonging to Story County Criminal History or its content partners are protected intellectual property. They may not be copied, changed, distributed, or used to create another work without prior written permission.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Story County Criminal History is not liable for damage arising from use of the website, including loss tied to information obtained here or from an external service.
10. Indemnification
A visitor agrees to defend and hold the website harmless from a claim, demand, or proceeding arising from that visitor's use or violation of these terms. This obligation includes reasonable legal fees and related costs.
11. Governing Law
Iowa law governs these terms. Any proceeding connected with use of the website must be brought in a court located in Iowa, subject to any controlling rule on jurisdiction or venue.
12. Changes to These Terms
These conditions may be revised from time to time. A revised version becomes effective when it is posted on this page.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access may be restricted or ended at any time, for any reason, and without advance notice.
14. Severability
If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. The affected provision will be limited or revised only as far as needed to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these conditions may be directed through the Contact page.