1. What This Service Is
Rutherford County Residents Directory is a private reference to public-record routes, indexes, and historical directory collections for Rutherford County, Tennessee. It does not host government records and has no affiliation with a county office, state agency, court, library, or custodian.
2. Rules for Use
Use the 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, housing, insurance, or related eligibility
- Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
- Interfere with the site's operation or 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 material here nor results from a linked tool are consumer reports. They may not be used to determine eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Links to Other Services
Government portals and outside providers, including sponsored search tools, maintain their own terms and policies. We do not control their content, availability, charges, or data practices.
5. No Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that content is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will operate or return correct information.
6. Limits on Liability
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 located through them.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the service 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 are protected by copyright. You may link to pages and quote short excerpts with attribution, but may not republish full pages or systematically copy the content.
9. Changes to Terms
We may post a revised version of these terms here. Use after a revision means you accept the updated terms.
10. Restricting Access
We may block or limit access, without notice and at our discretion, for a user who violates these terms or misuses the service.
11. Governing Law
These terms are governed by Tennessee law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Government records discussed by this service may be subject to the Tennessee Public Records Act, T.C.A. §§ 10-7-501 et seq.; that statute governs access to existing government records and does not make this private reference a custodian.
12. Severability
If a provision of these terms is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.