NO FCRA USE. This is a privately operated website with no affiliation to a local, state, or federal government agency. Neither this website nor its advertising partners provide services intended for credit decisions, employment screening, tenant screening, insurance underwriting, or another use governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The resource helps readers locate criminal-record sources for Chaves County and New Mexico. It is not a private investigation firm or a consumer reporting agency.
1. What This Website Is
Chaves County Criminal History is a privately run reference resource. It operates independently of all government offices. It does not maintain official criminal records, submit filings, conduct official background checks, or retrieve government files for a visitor.
The resource directs readers to the Chaves County Sheriff's Office, the courts serving Roswell and Chaves County, the New Mexico Department of Public Safety (NMDPS) Law Enforcement Records Bureau (LERB), and the New Mexico DPS Sex Offender Registry. Access to government records remains controlled by the originating office and applicable law, including the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, Sections 14-2-1 and following of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978, and the Arrest Record Information Act, Section 29-10-6. Links may also lead to outside tools that can assist with research.
2. Rules for Using This Site
As a condition of access, you agree not to:
- Harass, stalk, threaten, or harm another person with information obtained here
- Use the content for a hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decision
- Violate any local, New Mexico, or federal law
- Use bots, scrapers, or other automated systems on these pages
- Attempt to enter systems or areas without authorization
- Interfere with site performance or another visitor's access
3. No Harassment, Stalking, or Discrimination
You may not use information from this website or any linked tool to intimidate, stalk, harass, threaten, or discriminate against anyone. Such conduct may also violate the law. This restriction is especially important for information from the New Mexico DPS Sex Offender Registry. New Mexico's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Sections 29-11A-1 and following, controls registry publication and access. Registry information is provided for public safety awareness. It must not be used for vigilantism, employment blacklisting, housing discrimination, or retaliation against a listed person.
4. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
This website is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. It creates no credit report, background check, or consumer report. Its advertising partners likewise do not provide tools intended to evaluate job candidates, rental applicants, insurance risk, or creditworthiness. You agree that information from this site or a linked search tool will not be used to:
- Set an insurance premium or assess creditworthiness
- Make a hiring, firing, or other employment decision
- Evaluate a rental or housing applicant
- Decide eligibility for a permit, license, or government benefit
- Carry out any other activity regulated by the FCRA
An authorized check needed for an FCRA-regulated purpose must come through an appropriate official process or an FCRA-compliant screening provider. New Mexico's official criminal-history repository is maintained by NMDPS LERB, which does not offer a general public instant name-search product.
5. No Legal Advice
The material on this website is general information, not legal advice. It cannot determine how a criminal charge, conviction, warrant, or New Mexico expungement rule affects a particular person. Under the Criminal Records Expungement Act, Sections 29-3A-1 through 29-3A-7, New Mexico expungement seals qualifying records from ordinary response rather than destroying them. Advice about a specific matter should come from an attorney licensed in New Mexico.
6. No Warranties
All content and services are offered "as is." No warranty is made that:
- Information will always be complete, accurate, or current
- Search results supplied by a partner will be comprehensive or correct
- The website will operate continuously without interruption
- Every page will be free from mistakes, security flaws, or software defects
Criminal records can change when charges are filed or dismissed and when records are sealed or expunged. Delays can also occur between Chaves County agencies, New Mexico courts, and NMDPS LERB. The content must not be treated as an official statement from a court, sheriff, police department, registry, or other public agency.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
Links may point to Chaves County offices, New Mexico court systems, state agencies, legal-aid organizations, and outside search providers. Following one of those links takes you to a service outside this website's control. This website is not responsible for an outside service's information, availability, charges, privacy practices, or handling of data. Review that provider's own terms before proceeding.
8. Intellectual Property
The text, code, graphics, and logos on this website belong to Chaves County Criminal History or its content partners. Without prior written permission, you may not reproduce, distribute, alter, or create derivative works from that material.
9. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, this website and its operators are not liable for damages arising from its use. That limitation includes decisions based on information presented here or supplied through a linked service.
10. Indemnification
You agree to defend and hold this website and its operators harmless from claims, demands, or legal proceedings caused by your use of the site or your breach of these terms. This obligation includes related legal fees and costs.
11. Governing Law
New Mexico law governs these terms. Any dispute arising from use of this website must be brought in a court located within the State of New Mexico.
12. Changes to These Terms
These terms may be revised at any time. A revision becomes effective when the updated language is published on this page.
13. Cutting Off Access
Access to this website may be restricted or ended at any time, for any reason, and without advance notice.
14. Severability
If a court finds one part of these terms invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions continue in effect. The affected language will be adjusted only to the extent required to make it enforceable.
15. Questions
Questions about these conditions may be submitted through the Contact page.