1. What This Website Is
Rock Island Residents Directory is an independent reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning Rock Island, Illinois. We host no government records and are not affiliated with an office, court, library, or 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. Outside Services
Each linked government portal, library resource, and sponsored search service follows its own terms and privacy policy. We do not control its content, uptime, price, or handling of data.
5. Service Without Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available," without any warranty. Accuracy, completeness, currency, continuous portal access, and correct outside results are not guaranteed.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages connected with this service, linked resources, or decisions based on a record.
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 when these terms change. Use after publication of that version signals acceptance.
10. Restricting Access
We may restrict or block access, without advance notice, when a user abuses the service or breaks these terms.
11. Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. References to public agency records follow the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, while separate laws can restrict vital, voter, court, and motor-vehicle records.
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.