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Terms of Use

These terms apply whenever Mobile County Residents Directory is used. By continuing, you agree to them. If you do not agree, discontinue use of the service.

1. Nature of the Service

Mobile County Residents Directory is a private reference to public rolls, record indexes, and historical collections concerning Mobile County, Alabama. It is not a government records host and has no connection to any agency, court, library, or custodian.


2. Acceptable Use Rules

All use must be lawful. Neither the service nor information reached through it may be used 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

Public portals, sponsored tools, and other outside services set their own terms and privacy rules. Their content, availability, fees, and data handling remain outside our control.


5. Warranty Disclaimer

The service is offered "as is" and "as available," without warranties. No promise is made that content is complete, correct, or current, or that a linked system will remain available or produce an accurate 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 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. Site Intellectual Property

Copyright protects the original wording, design, logo, and layout. Visitors may link to a page or quote a brief credited excerpt. Full-page republication and systematic copying are prohibited.


9. Term Revisions

A revised version may be posted here. Use after that posting constitutes acceptance of the new terms.


10. Cutting Off Access

We may block or restrict any user who violates these terms or abuses the site, at our discretion and without notice.


11. Alabama Governing Law

Alabama law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access described in the reference is generally rooted in the Alabama Open Records Act, chiefly Ala. Code §§36-12-40 and 36-12-41, subject to record-specific exceptions and Act 2024-278 procedures.


12. Severability

If any part of these terms proves unenforceable, the rest stays in force.


13. Terms Questions

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