1. Nature of the Service
The service is a private reference and not a government office, court, archive, records custodian, legal service, or investigator. It does not host or certify official records.
2. Permitted and Prohibited Use
Use the service lawfully and with respect for privacy and safety. You may not use it to:
- Stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or harm a person.
- Seek a protected person's location or defeat an address-confidentiality program.
- Commit fraud, identity theft, or impersonation.
- Make an FCRA-regulated decision.
- Scrape, copy, or republish the material at scale.
- Interfere with the operation, security, or availability of the service.
3. Consumer Reporting Notice
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Content may not be used for credit, employment, tenant, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.
4. Outside Links
Links are provided for reference. Each government, archive, court, or other third-party service controls its own content, availability, rules, and privacy practices.
5. No Warranties
The service is provided as available. We do not warrant accuracy, completeness, timeliness, availability, suitability, or that any source will produce a result.
6. Liability Limits
To the extent allowed by law, we are not liable for losses arising from use of, inability to use, or reliance on this service or an outside source.
7. Indemnification
You agree to defend and hold us harmless from claims arising from your unlawful use, misuse of information, or violation of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The site's original content and design are protected by applicable law. Official and repository material remains subject to its owner, license, and access conditions.
9. Changes to Terms
We may revise these terms. Continued use after posting the revised terms means you accept them.
10. Access Suspension
We may restrict or end access when we reasonably believe a user has violated these terms, law, security requirements, or another person's rights.
11. Governing Law
New York law governs these terms, subject to applicable federal law. New York Public Officers Law Article 6 governs FOIL requests to agencies, while the SHIELD Act, General Business Law ยง899-bb, addresses relevant data-security duties.
12. Severability
If one provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to the extent permitted by law.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the contact route. Requests for an official record must go to its custodian.