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Terms of Use

These terms apply to use of the Onondaga County Residents Directory. By using the reference, you accept these conditions. Do not use it if you do not agree.

1. Nature of This Reference

Onondaga County Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and directory collections relevant to Onondaga County, New York. It does not host government records and has no affiliation with a government office, court, library, or records custodian.


2. Permitted and Prohibited Use

Use this reference only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or information 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. No Consumer Reporting Service

This reference is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Nothing here, or returned by a linked tool, is a consumer report. It may not be used to assess eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.


4. External Resources

Government portals and third-party services, including sponsored search tools, are governed by their own terms and policies. We do not control their content, availability, costs, or data handling.


5. No Warranties

The site is provided "as is" and "as available," with no warranties of any kind. We do not warrant that anything on the site is accurate, complete, or current, or that any linked portal will work or return correct results.


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. Changes to These Terms

We may update these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after a change means 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. Governing Law

New York law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. New York's Freedom of Information Law, Public Officers Law Article 6, governs access to records held by public agencies; it does not convert this private reference into a government custodian.


12. Severability

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


13. Questions

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