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Terms of Use

Use of Urbana Residents Directory is governed by these terms. Do not continue if you cannot accept them.

1. Nature of the Website

Urbana Residents Directory is an independent reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning Urbana, Illinois. No government record is hosted here, and the site has no connection to a court, office, or records custodian.


2. Permitted Use

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 Services

Separate policies govern government portals, sponsored tools, and other outside services. Their content, availability, prices, and data handling are beyond our control.


5. Warranty Disclaimer

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. Revisions

A revised version may be posted here. Using the site afterward constitutes acceptance of those changes.


10. Access Restrictions

Access may be blocked or limited without notice when a user abuses the service or violates these terms.


11. Governing Law

Illinois law governs these terms without applying conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access described here includes the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140.


12. Severability

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


13. Questions

Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.