1. Nature of This Reference
Ritchie County Property Records is privately operated. It explains and links to county, state, and municipal deed, assessment, tax, and parcel sources for property in West Virginia. It does not host government records and is not connected to an office, court, recorder, assessor, or other public custodian.
2. Permitted and Prohibited Use
Use the reference only for lawful purposes. You must not use it or information found through it to:
- Stalk, intimidate, threaten, harass, or harm another person.
- Commit deed fraud, identity theft, or any other unlawful act.
- Make decisions regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
- Scrape or republish site content at scale without permission.
- Disrupt site operation, access, or security.
3. No Consumer Reports
This service is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. Neither the pages nor results from a linked search provider are consumer reports. They may not be used to determine eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose regulated by that law.
4. No Title, Survey, or Legal Advice
A property-record search cannot replace title review, a boundary survey, or advice from an attorney. A title company, licensed surveyor, or lawyer can address questions that an index or map cannot settle. Nothing published here substitutes for that professional work.
5. Outside Websites
Government portals, municipal pages, libraries, and third-party search providers operate under their own terms and privacy practices. This reference does not control their content, charges, availability, or handling of submitted information.
6. No Warranties
The reference is offered on an “as is” and “as available” basis. No promise is made that an office detail, fee, portal, record, or result will remain accurate, complete, current, or available.
7. Limits on Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special loss arising from use of this service or a linked resource, including reliance on a record or decision made from it.
8. Responsibility for Misuse
You agree to protect the site's operators from claims, demands, costs, and reasonable legal fees that result from your misuse of the service or violation of these terms.
9. Copyright and Reuse
The original writing, visual design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to a page or quoting a brief excerpt with credit is permitted; copying full pages or systematically republishing the content is not.
10. Updates to These Terms
These terms may be revised by posting an updated version here. Use after the new terms are posted means you accept the revision.
11. West Virginia Law
West Virginia law governs these terms, without applying its conflict-of-law rules. Public-record inspection and copying rights are addressed by the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act, W.Va. Code §29B-1-1 et seq., subject to statutory exemptions and the custodian's procedures.
12. Severability
If a court finds one provision unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply.
13. Questions About These Terms
Questions about the terms may be sent through the Contact page.