1. Nature of the Service
Athens Residents Directory is a private reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections involving Athens, Alabama. It is not part of a government office, court, library, or records custodian, and it does not host their records.
2. Permitted and Prohibited Use
Use is limited to lawful purposes. Neither the service nor information reached through it may be used to:
- Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm any person
- Locate someone protected by a restraining or protective order
- Commit identity theft or fraud
- Make FCRA-regulated decisions (credit, employment, tenant, insurance)
- Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
- Interfere with the site's operation or security
3. No Consumer Reports
Athens Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. Content here and results from linked tools are not consumer reports. They may not be used for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-regulated decision.
4. External Services
Outside portals and sponsored tools apply their own terms and privacy rules. We do not control their content, availability, charges, results, or handling of submitted data.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available." No warranty is made that the content is complete, accurate, or current, or that a linked records portal will remain available or return a correct match.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential loss tied to use of the site, a linked service, or a record located through either.
7. Indemnity
A user agrees to protect and hold the operators harmless from claims and reasonable legal fees caused by that user's misuse or breach of these terms.
8. Copyright and Site Content
Copyright protects the original writing, layout, design, and logo. Links and short attributed quotations are welcome. Republishing whole pages or systematically copying the service is prohibited.
9. Revisions
A revised version may be posted here. Continued use after posting constitutes acceptance of that version.
10. Restricting Access
Access may be blocked without notice when a user violates these terms or abuses the service.
11. Alabama Law
Alabama law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Government access discussed in the reference is generally grounded in the Alabama Open Records Act, Ala. Code §§36-12-40 through -46, subject to its limits and other confidentiality laws.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.