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Terms of Use

These terms apply whenever you use Springfield Residents Directory. By continuing, you agree to them. If you disagree, do not use the service.

1. What This Website Is

Springfield Residents Directory is an independently operated reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections for Springfield, Illinois. It hosts no government files and has no relationship with Sangamon County, a court, an agency, a library, or any 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. ยง 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 Websites

Linked government portals, sponsored tools, and other services apply their own terms and privacy rules. Their availability, content, prices, and handling of data are outside our control.


5. No Warranty

The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We make no promise that its content is complete, accurate, or current, 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. Revisions to These Terms

We may publish revised terms on this page. Using the service afterward means that you accept the revised version.


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. Illinois Governing Law

Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access discussed on Springfield pages is subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, along with other laws and court rules that protect restricted records.


12. Severability

If one provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue to apply.


13. Questions

Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.