1. Nature of the Website
DeKalb Residents Directory is a private reference that describes and links to public rolls, official indexes, and historical collections concerning DeKalb, Illinois. No government record is hosted here, and the service has no affiliation with a public office, court, library, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
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. 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. External Services
Official portals, outside services, and sponsored tools set their own terms and policies. We do not control their content, availability, prices, or handling of submitted data.
5. Warranty Disclaimer
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. Accuracy, completeness, freshness, uninterrupted access, and correct results from any linked portal are not guaranteed.
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. Terms May Change
A revised version may be posted here. Use after that posting signals acceptance of 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. Illinois Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access referenced by the service is governed in part by the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, along with record-specific laws and custodian rules.
12. Severability
If any part of these terms proves unenforceable, the rest stays in force.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.