Portsmouth Busted Mugshots is privately owned and is not affiliated with the City of Portsmouth, PPD, PSO, Portsmouth City Jail, VADOC, a court, or another government body. Neither this site nor its advertising or search partners offers a consumer-reporting, screening, or private-investigation service. The site is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and must not be used for credit, employment, insurance, tenant-screening, or other FCRA-covered purposes.
Purpose of the Site
This is a private reference website about official Portsmouth, Virginia, arrest, custody, court, and public-records pathways. It stores no official arrest files, jail rosters, booking records, court records, or booking photographs. It cannot confirm present custody, release a person, file a public-records request, or act for a visitor before a court or government office.
The site may link to PPD’s 45-day Arrest Report, PSO contact information, Portsmouth JustFOIA, Virginia court resources, VADOC, and third-party research tools. A link is informational and does not make the destination part of this site or convert its information into an official statement.
Acceptable Use
You may use the site only lawfully and consistently with these terms. You must not use site content or a linked resource in a way that harms another person, compromises a system, or interferes with other visitors.
- Do not violate any applicable law while using the site.
- Do not use information to stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or harm anyone.
- Do not use site material to make hiring, housing, lending, insurance, or other prohibited screening decisions.
- Do not attempt unauthorized access to the site, its services, or connected systems.
- Do not use bots, scrapers, or automated tools to collect content without written permission.
- Do not disrupt, overload, or impair the site for other users.
FCRA-Prohibited Uses
Portsmouth Busted Mugshots is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It does not provide consumer reports, background checks, credit reports, or screening services, and no advertising or search partner on this site is presented as providing such a service through us. You agree not to use information from this site for any purpose regulated by the FCRA.
- Hiring, firing, promotion, or other employment decisions.
- Tenant, housing, or occupancy screening.
- Creditworthiness decisions or insurance pricing.
- Licensing, permit, or government-program eligibility decisions.
- Any other purpose governed by FCRA requirements.
External Services and Links
Links may lead to government portals, police or corrections pages, court systems, federal locators, legal-information sources, or independent search services. Those sites are operated by others. We do not endorse them and are not responsible for their content, availability, security, data practices, pricing, or results. Review the destination’s own terms and privacy notice before using it.
Site Provided As Is
The site and its content are offered on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind. We do not promise any of the following:
- That information is complete, accurate, current, or suitable for a particular purpose.
- That access will be uninterrupted or available at every time.
- That the site will be free of every error, bug, vulnerability, or harmful component.
- That a partner tool will return complete, accurate, or useful results.
Custody status and public records can change quickly. Nothing on this private site is an official statement by a Portsmouth, Virginia, state, federal, or court office. Confirm material facts with the originating custodian.
Limits of Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, Portsmouth Busted Mugshots and its owners, contributors, and service providers are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages arising from use of, inability to use, or reliance on this site or an external resource.
Your Indemnity Obligation
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Portsmouth Busted Mugshots and its owners, contributors, and service providers from claims, losses, liabilities, damages, and reasonable legal fees arising from your use of the site, your violation of these terms, or your violation of another person’s rights.
Site Intellectual Property
The site’s original text, graphics, logos, design, and code are owned by Portsmouth Busted Mugshots or its content partners and are protected by applicable law. You may not copy, distribute, modify, reproduce, or create derivative works from them without prior written permission, except as law permits.
Changes to Terms
We may revise these terms at any time. Revisions take effect when posted here. Your continued use after posting means that you accept the updated terms.
Suspension or Revocation of Access
We may limit, suspend, or revoke access to all or part of the site at any time, with or without notice, for any reason. No visitor has a guaranteed right to continued access.
Virginia Law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising from or relating to these terms or the site must be brought in a court within Virginia that has jurisdiction. Official City records access is separately governed by Virginia’s public-records law and the responsible custodian’s process.
Severability
If a court finds part of these terms invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective. The affected provision will be interpreted or adjusted only to the minimum extent needed to make it enforceable where possible.
Questions About These Terms
Questions about these terms may be directed through the Contact Us page. Questions about a government record, custody, court matter, or public-records request must go to the responsible official office.