1. Nature of This Service
Richland County Residents Directory is a privately operated reference service. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections relevant to people who live or lived in Richland County, South Carolina. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with an office, court, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use
Use this service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or information 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 involving credit, employment, tenant screening, or insurance
- Scrape, copy, or republish service content at scale
- Disrupt the service’s operation or security
3. No Consumer Reporting Service
Richland County Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.). Neither information here nor results from a linked search tool are consumer reports. They may not be used to determine eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Outside Services
Government portals and third-party services, including sponsored search tools, maintain their own terms and policies. We do not control or accept responsibility for their content, availability, prices, or data practices.
5. No Warranties
The service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that its content is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will operate or return correct results.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent permitted 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 decisions based on records reached through it.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the service operators harmless from a claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that results from your misuse of the service or violation of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. You may link to a page or quote a brief excerpt with attribution. Republishing full pages or systematically copying the content is prohibited.
9. Term Updates
We may revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Continued use after a revision constitutes acceptance.
10. Restricting Access
We may block or limit access, without notice and at our discretion, when a user violates these terms or abuses the service.
11. Governing Law
South Carolina law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Access to non-exempt public records is governed by S.C. Code Ann. §§ 30-4-10 through -165, including § 30-4-30 and § 30-4-40. S.C. Code § 30-2-10 et seq. restricts commercial-solicitation use of certain government personal information, and § 44-63-80 separately controls vital-record confidentiality and access.
12. Severability
If a provision of these terms is unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.