1. Purpose of the Website
Decatur Residents Directory privately organizes references to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections related to Decatur, Georgia. No government office, court, library, or records custodian operates or endorses it, and their records are not hosted here.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
You must use the service and all information reached through it lawfully. Prohibited conduct includes:
- 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
Decatur Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither site content nor results from a linked search tool constitute a consumer report. They may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-regulated purpose.
4. External Services and Links
Separate terms and privacy policies govern government portals, sponsored search providers, and other outside services. Their accuracy, availability, charges, content, and data practices are beyond our control.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. No promise is made that its content will remain accurate, current, or complete, or that an external portal will function or produce correct results.
6. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site's operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages connected with the service or a linked resource, including reliance on records reached through either.
7. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, caused by your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
Copyright protects the site's original writing, design, logo, and layout. You may link to a page or quote a short attributed excerpt, but may not republish whole pages or systematically copy the content.
9. Revisions to These Terms
A new version may be posted here when these terms change. Your continued use after publication indicates acceptance.
10. Restricting Access
Access may be blocked or limited, without notice, when a user abuses the service or violates these terms.
11. Governing Law
These terms are governed by Georgia law, without applying conflict-of-law principles. The Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. §§ 50-18-70 through 50-18-77, addresses access to existing state and local agency records and remains subject to statutory procedures and exemptions.
12. Severability
If one provision is found unenforceable, all remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.