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Terms of Use

These terms apply when you use St. Louis Residents Directory. By continuing to use the service, you accept them. Do not use the service if you do not agree.

1. Nature of This Reference

St. Louis Residents Directory is a privately operated reference to public indexes, rolls, and directory collections connected to St. Louis County, Missouri. It does not host government records and is not connected with a court, office, library, or other custodian.


2. Lawful Use Rules

Use this reference only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or information reached 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

Government portals and outside services, including sponsored search tools, have independent terms and privacy practices. We do not control their availability, charges, data practices, or content.


5. No Warranty

The reference is offered "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that its content is complete, current, or accurate, or that an outside portal will remain available or return a correct 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. 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. Updates to These Terms

We may revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Use after a revision signifies acceptance.


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. Missouri Law

Missouri law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Requests for open government records in Missouri follow the Missouri Sunshine Law, RSMo Chapter 610, including the request and fee provisions in §§610.023 and 610.026 where applicable.


12. Severability

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


13. Questions About Terms

Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.