1. Nature of the Website
Chicago Residents Directory is a privately operated reference to public indexes, rolls, and historical directory collections concerning Chicago, Illinois. The site neither hosts government records nor has any affiliation with Cook County, the City of Chicago, an Illinois agency, court, library, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
The site and information reached through it may be used only lawfully. Prohibited uses include attempts 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. No Consumer Reports
Chicago Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq.). Neither site content nor results from a linked search provider constitute a consumer report. Such material must not be used to determine eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.
4. External Services and Links
Government portals, sponsored search providers, and other third-party services operate under separate terms and policies. Their content, availability, prices, and data practices are outside our control.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. No warranty is made that its content will be accurate, complete, or current, or that an outside portal will remain available or produce correct results.
6. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site's operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from this site or a linked resource, including decisions based on records located through either.
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 Rights
Copyright protects the site's original writing, design, logo, and layout. Visitors may link to pages and quote short attributed excerpts, but may not republish complete pages or copy site content systematically.
9. Revisions to These Terms
A revised version of these terms may be posted here. Continued use after publication of a revision signifies acceptance.
10. Suspension of Access
Access may be blocked or limited, without notice and at our discretion, when a user abuses the site or violates these terms.
11. Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access described in the directory is subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, together with all record-specific exemptions and access statutes.
12. Severability
If one provision is found unenforceable, every remaining provision continues in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.