1. Nature of the Website
Germantown Residents Directory is an independent reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning Germantown, Wisconsin. It stores no government records and is not affiliated with the Village, Washington County, a court, library, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
Use all resources lawfully. Neither the site nor information reached through it may be used 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. No Consumer Reports
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. Site content and results from linked tools are not consumer reports. They must not be used for decisions involving credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose regulated by the FCRA.
4. External Services
Government portals, sponsored search providers, and other outside services operate under their own policies. We do not control their content, uptime, prices, or handling of data.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We cannot promise that content is complete, current, or accurate, or that an external portal will remain available and 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 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. 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. Updates to These Terms
A revised version may be posted here. Continued use after publication signals acceptance of the revision.
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. Wisconsin Law
Wisconsin law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Public records held by state and local custodians are separately governed by Wisconsin Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§19.31-19.39.
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.