1. Nature of This Service
Barnstable County Residents Directory is a private reference that describes and links to public-record indexes, official portals, and historical collections concerning Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It hosts no government record and is not affiliated with an office, court, library, or custodian.
2. Permitted Use
Use the service only for a lawful purpose. You may not use it or a linked result to:
- stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or harm a person;
- locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order;
- commit identity theft, fraud, or impersonation;
- make a credit, employment, tenant, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated decision;
- scrape, bulk copy, or systematically republish the content; or
- interfere with the service's operation or security.
3. No Consumer Reports
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Nothing on this service, and nothing a linked tool may return, is a consumer report. It may not be used to judge eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Outside Links
Official portals, archives, and sponsored tools operate independently. Their terms, availability, charges, and privacy practices are their own, and we do not control them.
5. No Warranties
The service is supplied as is and as available. We make no warranty that content is complete, accurate, current, or suitable for a particular purpose, or that an external search will operate or return a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or other damages arising from use of this service or a linked resource.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from misuse of the service or violation of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
Original text, logo, design, and layout are protected by copyright. Brief attributed quotation and normal linking are allowed. Republishing full pages or systematic copying is not.
9. Updates
We may revise these terms by posting a new version. Continuing to use the service after publication accepts the revised terms.
10. Access Restrictions
We may restrict or block access when a user violates these terms or abuses the service, with or without notice.
11. Massachusetts Law
These terms are governed by Massachusetts law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. The linked official-records routes are subject to Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66 §10, its regulations at 950 CMR 32.00, and applicable source-specific confidentiality rules.
12. Severability
If one provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.