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Terms of Use

These terms apply whenever you use Florence Residents Directory. By continuing to use the site, you accept them. If you disagree with any term, do not use the service.

1. Nature of This Service

Florence Residents Directory is an independently operated reference. It describes and links to rolls, public indexes, and historical collections concerning Florence, Alabama. The service hosts no government record and is not connected with the City of Florence, Lauderdale County, any court, or any custodian.


2. Acceptable Use Rules

Use the service and any information reached through it only for lawful purposes. Prohibited conduct includes:

  • 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. No Consumer Reports

Florence Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither its content nor results from a linked tool are consumer reports. They may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-regulated purpose.


4. Outside Services and Links

Government portals, sponsored search tools, and other outside services apply their own terms and privacy rules. We do not control their content, access, charges, or treatment of submitted data.


5. Disclaimer of Warranties

The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that content is accurate, complete, or current, or that an external portal will remain available or produce a correct result.


6. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, we are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages caused by using the service or a linked resource, including reliance on a record found through either.


7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold the site's operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that result from misuse of the service or breach of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

Copyright protects the site's original text, visual design, logo, and layout. You may link to a page or quote a short attributed excerpt, but may not republish full pages or systematically copy the content.


9. Changes to These Terms

A revised version may be posted here at any time. Continued use after posting signifies acceptance of the revision.


10. Restricting Access

We may block or limit access, without notice, when a user violates these terms or abuses the service.


11. Governing Law

Alabama law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access discussed in the Florence pages is subject to the Alabama Open Records Law, Ala. Code §§ 36-12-40 and 36-12-41, along with applicable exemptions and custodian rules.


12. Severability

If one provision is held unenforceable, all remaining provisions continue in effect.


13. Questions

Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.