1. Nature of the Website
Iowa City Residents Directory is an independently operated reference to public rolls, record indexes, and historical collections connected with Iowa City, Iowa. It is not affiliated with a government office, court, or custodian, and no government records are hosted here.
2. Rules for Using This Site
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. External Resources
Each government portal, sponsored search provider, and other outside service sets its own policies and terms. Their content, uptime, prices, and data practices are outside our control.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The website is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not guarantee complete, accurate, or current content, nor do we promise that a linked portal will remain available or return an accurate result.
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
We may update these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after a change means acceptance.
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
Iowa law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Links to government records are provided in the context of the Iowa Open Records Law, Iowa Code chapter 22, but access remains subject to chapter 22.7 and any other controlling confidentiality law.
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.