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Terms of Use

These terms set the conditions for using Oak Ridge Residents Directory. By using the service, you accept them. Do not use the service if you do not agree.

1. What This Website Is

Oak Ridge Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections relevant to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. No government records are hosted here, and the service is not affiliated with a records custodian, court, or public office.


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. § 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. Links to Outside Sites

Government portals, sponsored result providers, and other outside services set their own terms and privacy practices. Their availability, content, charges, and data handling are outside our control.


5. No Warranties

The service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not guarantee that information is complete, accurate, current, or that a linked portal will remain available or return a correct result.


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 the operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from misuse of the service or a 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 revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Using the service after a revision means that you accept it.


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

Tennessee law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Tennessee Public Records Act access is governed by T.C.A. §§10-7-501 et seq., including the detailed-request rule in §10-7-503 and judicial review in §10-7-505.


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.