1. What This Website Is
St. Clair County Residents Directory operates independently as a reference source. It directs visitors to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning people connected with St. Clair County, Illinois. The website does not host official records or act for any government office, court, or custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
Use the site only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or anything found through it, 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. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
This site is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq.). Nothing here, and nothing any linked search tool returns, is a consumer report, and none of it may be used to judge eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Links to Outside Websites
Separate terms and policies govern government portals, third-party services, and sponsored search tools. Their content, availability, charges, and data practices are outside our control.
5. No Warranties
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We make no promise that its material is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will remain available or provide correct results.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent the law allows, we are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of this site or any linked resource, including decisions made from records found through it.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the operators of this site from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from your misuse of the site or violation of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The original text, design, logo, and layout of this site are protected by copyright. Linking to any page and quoting brief excerpts with attribution is welcome; republishing full pages or systematically copying content is not.
9. Revisions to These Terms
A revised version may be posted here from time to time. Using the site after that revision signifies acceptance.
10. Cutting Off Access
We may block or restrict any user who violates these terms or abuses the site, at our discretion and without notice.
11. Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Access to state and local public records is governed in relevant part by the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, along with any confidentiality law that applies to the record.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.