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Terms of Use

These Terms of Use apply to Alexandria Residents Directory. By using the service, you accept these terms. Do not use the service if you do not agree to them.

1. Nature of This Service

Alexandria Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections relevant to Alexandria, Virginia. It neither hosts government records nor represents an office, court, archive, or other records custodian.


2. Rules for Using This Site

Use this service only for lawful purposes. You may not use the service or material reached 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 service's content at scale
  • Interfere with the site's operation or security

3. No Consumer-Reporting Role

Alexandria Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither material here nor a result from a linked tool is a consumer report, and none may be used to assess eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.


4. Links to Outside Sites

Government portals and outside services, including sponsored tools, apply their own policies and terms. We do not control their content, availability, prices, or data practices.


5. No Warranties

The service is offered "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that information is accurate, complete, or current, or that an external portal will operate or return 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 the operators harmless from a claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from misuse of the service or a violation of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

The service's original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to a page and quoting a brief attributed excerpt is permitted; full-page republication or systematic copying is not.


9. Revisions to These Terms

We may post an updated version of these terms. Use after a revision is posted constitutes acceptance.


10. Restricting Access

We may block or limit access, without notice and at our discretion, for a violation of these terms or abuse of the service.


11. Governing Law

Virginia law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Virginia's public-record access framework is the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Va. Code §§2.2-3700 et seq.; access to court, election, vital, and other restricted records remains subject to its specific governing law.


12. Severability

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


13. Questions

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