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Terms of Use

1. Private Reference Service

Durham Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections for Durham, North Carolina. It neither hosts government records nor represents a public office, court, or custodian.


2. Acceptable Use

Use the service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it to stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, harm, commit fraud, scrape at scale, disrupt the service, or locate a person protected by an order.


3. Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

This service is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Nothing here or in a linked result may be used for credit, employment, housing, insurance, tenant screening, or another FCRA-regulated decision.


4. Outside Links

Government portals and third-party services have their own rules, availability, fees, and data practices. We do not control them.


5. No Warranties

The service is provided as available and without warranties. A linked source may change, be incomplete, or return no result.


6. Liability Limits

To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for damages arising from use of this service or an external resource.


7. Indemnification

You agree to protect the operators from claims arising from misuse of the service or violation of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

Original text, design, logo, and layout are protected. Brief attributed quotation and ordinary linking are permitted; systematic copying is not.


9. Term Changes

Terms may be updated by posting a revised version here. Continued use signifies acceptance.


10. Access Limits

Access may be restricted when a user violates these terms or abuses the service.


11. North Carolina Law

North Carolina law governs these terms without regard to conflict rules. Public-record access is subject to North Carolina Public Records Law, Chapter 132, and the relevant custodian’s rules.


12. Severability

If a provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.


13. Questions

Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.