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Terms of Use

Use of Seattle Residents Directory is governed by these terms. By continuing, you agree to them. If you do not agree, stop using the service.

1. Nature of the Service

Seattle Residents Directory is an independent reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical directory collections concerning Seattle, Washington. No government records are hosted here, and the service is not affiliated with a public office, court, or custodian.


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 Services

Separate terms and privacy policies apply to government portals and third-party tools, including sponsored searches. Their availability, prices, content, and handling of data are outside our control.


5. Warranty Disclaimer

The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not guarantee that its information is complete, accurate, or current, or that an outside portal will remain available or produce a correct 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. Term Updates

A revised version may be posted here from time to time. Continued use after publication of a revision signals 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. Washington Law

Washington law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public records described by the service are generally administered under the Washington Public Records Act, RCW 42.56, while separate confidentiality laws and exemptions may control particular records.


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.