1. Nature of the Service
Columbus Residents Directory is an independent reference service. It explains and links to public rolls, record indexes, and historical collections for Columbus, Indiana. No government record is hosted here, and the service is not connected with a public office, court, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use
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 Sites
Outside government portals and sponsored search providers operate under their own terms and privacy policies. Their content, uptime, prices, and handling of data remain outside our control.
5. No Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We cannot promise that its content is complete, current, or error-free, nor that an outside portal will remain available or return an accurate match.
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. Changes to These Terms
A revised version may be posted here from time to time. Using the service after that posting means you accept the updated terms.
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
Indiana law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access described in the reference material is subject to the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, IC 5-14-3-1 et seq., and all applicable exceptions.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue to apply.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.