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Terms of Use

These terms apply when you use Fairfax Residents Directory. By using it, you accept these terms. Do not use the service if you do not agree with them.

1. The Service

Fairfax Residents Directory is a privately run reference to public indexes, record sources, and historical collections associated with Fairfax, Virginia. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with a government office, court, or custodian.


2. Permitted Use

Use the service lawfully. You may not use it or anything reached through it to:

  • Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm a person.
  • Locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order.
  • Commit identity theft, fraud, or another unlawful act.
  • Make an FCRA-regulated decision about credit, employment, housing, insurance, or a similar purpose.
  • Scrape, copy, or republish the content at scale.
  • Interfere with the security or operation of the service.

3. FCRA Status

This service is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. Nothing here or returned by a linked search tool is a consumer report, and it may not be used for an FCRA-regulated eligibility decision.


4. External Resources

Government portals, sponsored search tools, and other outside resources have their own terms, availability, pricing, and data practices. We do not control them.


5. No Warranties

The service is offered as is and as available. We do not promise that information is complete, correct, current, or suitable for a particular use, or that an external portal will remain available.


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 the service or linked resources.


7. Indemnity

You agree to defend and hold the operators harmless from claims, demands, and reasonable attorneys' fees caused by your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

The original writing, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Brief attributed quotations and ordinary links are permitted; systematic copying or republishing is not.


9. Term Updates

We may change these terms by posting a revised version. Continued use after an update constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.


10. Access Restrictions

We may suspend or restrict access, without notice, for an apparent violation of these terms or abuse of the service.


11. Virginia Law

Virginia law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Fairfax public-record requests are subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Va. Code §§2.2-3700 through 2.2-3715, including §2.2-3704, as well as any record-specific confidentiality law.


12. Severability

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


13. Questions

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