1. Nature of the Service
Allendale Township Residents Directory is a privately operated reference service. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and historical collections connected with Allendale Township, Michigan. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with a public office, court, or records custodian.
2. Permitted Use
Use the service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or information 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 an FCRA-regulated decision, including one about credit, work, occupancy, or insurance
- Scrape, copy, or republish site material at scale
- Disrupt the service or its security
3. Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
This service is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither its content nor a linked search result is a consumer report. None may be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. External Links
Government portals and outside services, including sponsored search tools, maintain their own terms and privacy policies. We do not control their content, availability, charges, or data practices.
5. No Warranty
The service is supplied "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that material is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will operate or return a correct result.
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 service or a linked resource, including a decision based on records reached through it.
7. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold the service operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The service’s original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. You may link to a page or quote a brief attributed excerpt, but you may not republish complete pages or systematically copy the content.
9. Term Changes
We may revise these terms by placing a new version here. Continued use after a revision means you accept it.
10. Access Restrictions
We may block or restrict access, without notice and at our discretion, when a user violates these terms or abuses the service.
11. Michigan Law
Michigan law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access discussed here is subject to the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231 et seq., and record-specific restrictions that apply to the relevant custodian.
12. Severability
If one provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.