1. Nature of the Service
Richmond Residents Directory is a private reference service. It describes and links to public record routes, record indexes, and directory collections relevant to Richmond, Virginia. It is not a government repository and has no affiliation with a government office, court, library, or records custodian.
2. Permitted Use
Use the service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or material reached through it, to:
- Stalk, threaten, intimidate, harass, or harm a person
- Locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order
- Commit fraud, identity theft, or another unlawful act
- Make an FCRA-regulated decision, including one about credit, employment, housing, insurance, or tenant screening
- Scrape, copy, or republish site content at scale
- Interfere with the operation or security of the service
3. No Consumer Reports
Richmond Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. Nothing on the service, including information returned through an outside search tool, is a consumer report. It may not be used to assess eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Outside Destinations
Official portals, library collections, and outside services maintain their own terms, availability, data practices, and charges. We do not control or warrant the content, pricing, security, or operation of an external destination.
5. No Warranties
The service is offered as is and as available. We make no warranty that a page, record route, link, coverage statement, or external result is complete, accurate, current, uninterrupted, or suitable for a particular purpose.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages arising from use of the service or an outside resource, including reliance on a record result.
7. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the operators harmless from claims, demands, losses, and reasonable attorneys’ fees arising from your misuse of the service or violation of these terms.
8. Site Materials
The original writing, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. You may link to pages and quote brief excerpts with attribution. Republishing complete pages or systematically copying the material is not permitted.
9. Revised Terms
We may revise these terms by posting a replacement version here. Use after a revision is posted constitutes acceptance of that revision.
10. Access Restrictions
We may suspend, block, or limit access when a user violates these terms or misuses the service. We may act without prior notice where appropriate.
11. Virginia Law
Virginia law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access is subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Va. Code §§2.2-3700 et seq., including §2.2-3704, along with record-specific exemptions, confidentiality rules, and custodian procedures.
12. Severability
If a provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain effective.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.