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Terms of Use

These terms set the conditions for using Columbia Heights Residents Directory. By using the service, you agree to these terms. Do not use the service if you do not agree.

1. Nature of This Service

Columbia Heights Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections concerning Columbia Heights, Minnesota. It does not host government records and is not connected with a government agency, court, library, or records custodian.


2. Acceptable Use Rules

Use this service and information obtained through it only for lawful purposes. You may not use it to:

  • Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm another person
  • Locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order
  • Commit fraud, identity theft, or another unlawful act
  • Make a decision regulated by the FCRA, including a credit, employment, tenant, or insurance decision
  • Scrape, reproduce, or republish the service’s content at scale
  • Disrupt the service, its security, or its normal operation

3. No Consumer Reporting Agency

We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Nothing on this service or returned by a linked search tool is a consumer report. The information may not be used to determine eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other purpose regulated by the FCRA.


4. External Links

Government portals, sponsored tools, and other outside services have their own terms and privacy practices. We do not control or guarantee their content, availability, charges, or data practices.


5. No Warranties

The service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that information is accurate, complete, current, or available, or that a linked portal will operate or provide correct results.


6. Liability Limits

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or other damages arising from use of this service or an outside resource, including decisions made from information found through either.


7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless this service’s operators from claims, demands, and reasonable attorneys’ fees arising from misuse of the service or a breach of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

The original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. You may link to pages and quote short attributed excerpts, but may not republish full pages or systematically copy their content.


9. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after a change means that you accept the revision.


10. Restricting Access

We may limit or block access, without notice, for a user who violates these terms or abuses the service.


11. Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Minnesota public-record access is governed in relevant part by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. ch. 13; the proper public-records custodian determines access to its records.


12. Severability

If a provision of these terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.


13. Questions

Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.