1. About the Reference
Ohio Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and historical collections concerning Ohio residents, but it stores no government records and is not affiliated with an Ohio office, court, or records custodian.
2. Lawful Use Rules
Use this service in a lawful way. Neither the site nor information reached through it may be used to:
- Follow, threaten, harass, intimidate, or injure another person
- Find a person whose location is protected by a court order
- Carry out fraud or steal an identity
- Make an eligibility decision covered by the FCRA, including credit, employment, housing, or insurance decisions
- Collect and republish site content in bulk
- Disrupt the site's service or security
3. No Consumer Reports
Ohio Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.). The material presented here, including information returned by a linked search provider, is not a consumer report and must not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose governed by that Act.
4. External Services
Ohio government portals, libraries, archives, and third-party search services set their own terms and privacy rules. We cannot control their material, access, charges, or handling of information you submit.
5. No Guarantees
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We make no promise that a page is accurate, complete, or up to date, or that a linked Ohio portal will remain online or return a particular result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages tied to your use of this service or an outside resource, including a decision based on a record you locate.
7. Responsibility for Claims
You agree to protect the site's operators from claims, demands, and reasonable attorneys' fees caused by your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.
8. Site Materials
Copyright protects the site's original writing, logo, design, and layout. You may link to a page or quote a short excerpt with credit, but you may not republish whole pages or systematically copy the material.
9. Revised Terms
We can revise these terms by posting an updated copy on this page. Using the service after that change means you accept the revision.
10. Access Restrictions
We may limit or block access, without advance notice, when a user violates these terms or misuses the service.
11. Ohio Law
Ohio law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Access to many records held by Ohio public offices is addressed separately by the Ohio Public Records Act, ORC §149.43, and remains subject to the statute's exemptions and other applicable law.
12. If a Term Fails
If a court finds one provision unenforceable, the remaining terms continue to apply.
13. Contact About Terms
Send questions about these conditions through the Contact page.