1. Nature of This Service
Philadelphia Residents Directory is a privately run reference to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections relevant to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It does not host government records and is not connected to an office, court, archive, or other records custodian.
2. Permitted Use
Use the site only for lawful purposes. You may not use this service or material 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. No Consumer Reporting Service
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. It may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Third-Party Links
Government portals and outside services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and privacy practices. We do not control their content, availability, prices, or data handling.
5. No Warranty
The site is offered "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that content is complete, current, or accurate, or that any linked portal will operate or return correct results.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent allowed by law, we are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of this site or an external resource, including decisions made from information found through them.
7. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold the site operators harmless from a claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from misuse of the site or violation of these Terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The site’s original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. You may link to a page and quote short attributed excerpts. Republishing entire pages or systematically copying the content is not permitted.
9. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these Terms by posting an updated version here. Continued use after a revision constitutes acceptance.
10. Restricting Access
We may limit or block access, without notice and at our discretion, when a user violates these Terms or abuses the service.
11. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by Pennsylvania law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Philadelphia public-record access is also governed where applicable by the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law, Act 3 of 2008, 65 P.S. §§ 67.101 et seq.; that law does not turn this private site into a records custodian.
12. Severability
If a portion of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining portions remain in effect.
13. Questions
Use the Contact page for questions about these Terms.