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Terms of Use

These terms apply when you use St. Albans Residents Directory. If you do not accept them, do not continue using the site.

1. Nature of This Website

St. Albans Residents Directory is a private reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning St. Albans, West Virginia. It neither hosts government files nor represents an office, court, or records 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. § 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 rules apply to government portals, sponsored tools, and other third-party services. Their content, uptime, charges, and handling of data remain outside our control.


5. Disclaimer of Warranties

The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without any warranty. We make no promise that its content is complete, correct, or current, or that an outside portal will remain available or provide an accurate result.


6. Liability Limits

To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages linked to use of the site, an outside resource, or a record reached 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

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. Revisions to These Terms

A revised version may be posted here from time to time. Continuing to use the site after publication signifies acceptance of the revised terms.


10. Restricting Access

Access may be blocked or limited, without advance notice, when a visitor abuses the service or breaks these terms.


11. Governing Law

West Virginia law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access discussed here is subject to the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act, W.Va. Code §§29B-1-1 through 29B-1-7.


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.