1. Nature of This Reference
Chester County Residents Directory is a privately operated reference that describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections concerning Chester County, Pennsylvania. It does not host government records and has no affiliation with any government office, court, library, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
Use the site for lawful purposes only. You may not use the site or material reached through it to:
- Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm another person
- Locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order
- Commit identity theft, fraud, or impersonation
- Make FCRA-regulated decisions involving credit, employment, tenant, or insurance matters
- Scrape, reproduce, or republish site content at scale
- Disrupt the operation or security of the site
3. No Consumer Reporting Agency
This site is not a consumer reporting agency as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., defines that term. Nothing here, and nothing supplied by a linked search tool, is a consumer report. It may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Third-Party Destinations
Government portals, libraries, archives, sponsored search services, and other outside resources maintain their own terms and policies. We do not control their content, availability, fees, or information practices.
5. No Warranties
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that site material is complete, accurate, or current, or that a linked portal will work or return correct information.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or related damages arising from use of this site or an external resource, including decisions based on a record found through them.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the site operators from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from your misuse of the site or breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The original writing, design, logo, and layout on this site are protected by copyright. Linking to a page and quoting a short attributed excerpt is allowed. Republishing full pages or systematically copying site content is not allowed.
9. Term Updates
We may revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Use of the site after a revision indicates acceptance of the revised terms.
10. Access Restrictions
We may limit or block access, without notice and at our discretion, when a user violates these terms or abuses the site.
11. Governing Law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, Act 3 of 2008, 65 P.S. §§ 67.101–67.3104, governs access to covered agency records but does not make this private reference a records custodian or override record-specific confidentiality laws.
12. Severability
If a provision of these terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.