1. Purpose of This Website
Sidney Residents Directory is a privately operated reference to public rolls, record indexes, and historical directory collections relevant to Sidney, Ohio. It links to those resources but does not host government records. No office, court, or records custodian is affiliated with this site.
2. Acceptable Use
Use the site only for lawful purposes. You may not use the site or information obtained 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 involving credit, employment, tenant, or insurance matters
- Scrape, copy, or republish site content at scale
- Disrupt the site's operation or security
3. No Consumer Reporting Service
Sidney Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Neither this site nor a result from a linked search tool is a consumer report. Do not use either to assess eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-regulated purpose.
4. External Services
Government portals, sponsored search tools, and other third-party services have their own terms and privacy practices. We are not responsible for their content, availability, prices, or data handling.
5. No Warranties
The site is offered "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that site content is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will operate or return correct results.
6. Limits of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of this site or a linked resource, including decisions made from records located through those resources.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the site's operators from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that arise from your misuse of the site or violation of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The site's original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. You may link to a page or quote a brief attributed excerpt, but may not republish full pages or systematically copy content.
9. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Continuing to use the site after that posting indicates acceptance.
10. Restricting Access
We may restrict or block access, without notice and at our discretion, for users who violate these terms or abuse the site.
11. Governing Law
Ohio law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Access to public records held by the custodians described here is addressed by the Ohio Public Records Act, R.C. 149.43; the statute does not make this private reference a records custodian.
12. Severability
If a provision of these terms is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.