1. Nature of the Service
Charleston Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections relevant to Charleston, South Carolina. It does not host government records and has no affiliation with an office, court, or records custodian.
2. Lawful Use Rules
Use this service lawfully. Neither it nor material reached through it may be used 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 Role
Charleston Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Nothing here or supplied by a linked tool is a consumer report, and it may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Links to Outside Sites
Government portals and outside services, including sponsored search tools, maintain their own terms and policies. Their content, availability, charges, and data practices are outside our control.
5. No Warranties
The service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties. We do not promise that information is complete, accurate, or current, or that a linked portal will function 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
South Carolina law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access questions involving Charleston sources are subject to the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 30-4-10 through 30-4-165, and any applicable exemption or custodian rule.
12. Severability
If a provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.