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Terms of Use

These terms apply when you use Dauphin County Residents Directory. By using the site, you accept them; do not use the site if you do not agree.

1. Nature of This Website

Dauphin County Residents Directory is a privately operated reference site. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections that may concern people who live or lived in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The site does not host government records and has no affiliation with any custodian, court, or government office.


2. Permitted Use

Use this site only for lawful purposes. You must not use the site, or information reached through it, to:

  • Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or otherwise harm another person
  • Find a person protected by a restraining or protective order
  • Carry out identity theft or fraud
  • Make an FCRA-regulated decision involving credit, employment, tenant screening, or insurance
  • Scrape, copy, or republish site content on a large scale
  • Disrupt the operation or security of the site

3. No Consumer-Reporting Role

This site is not a consumer reporting agency within the meaning of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Nothing on the site, including a result from a linked search tool, is a consumer report and it may not be used to evaluate eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.


4. Third-Party Destinations

Government portals and third-party services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own policies and terms. We do not control or accept responsibility for their content, availability, prices, or data practices.


5. No Warranties

This site is offered "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that site information is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will function or return correct results.


6. Limits of 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 site or a linked resource, including decisions based on records reached through them.


7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold the site operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from your misuse of the site or violation of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

The site’s original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. You may link to a page or quote a brief attributed excerpt, but may not republish complete pages or systematically copy site content.


9. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these terms by posting an updated version on this page. Continued use after a revision signifies acceptance.


10. Restricting Access

We may, without notice and at our discretion, restrict or block access for a user who violates these terms or abuses the site.


11. Governing Law

Pennsylvania law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. For covered Pennsylvania agency records, the public-access statute is the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law (RTKL), Act 3 of 2008, 65 P.S. §§ 67.101–67.3104; it does not make confidential, sealed, or otherwise protected records available.


12. Severability

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


13. Questions

Direct questions about these terms through the Contact page.