1. Nature of the Website
South Charleston Residents Directory is an independent reference that points readers to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections for South Charleston, West Virginia. No government records are hosted here, and the website is not affiliated with a public office, court, library, or records keeper.
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. External Services
Public portals, linked websites, and sponsored search providers apply their own terms and privacy rules. Their content, uptime, charges, and handling of data remain outside our control.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The website is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not promise that its information is complete, accurate, or current, or that an outside portal will remain available or produce a correct match.
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 harmless the operators of this site from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from your misuse of the site or violation of these terms.
8. Site Materials
Copyright protects the original writing, design, logo, and layout. Readers may link to pages or quote short passages with credit, but may not republish whole pages or copy the content systematically.
9. Revisions
A revised version may be posted here. Using the website after publication of a change means the revised terms are accepted.
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. West Virginia Law
West Virginia law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access discussed on the content pages is subject to the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act, WV Code §§29B-1-1 through 29B-1-6, along with record-specific exemptions and confidentiality laws.
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.