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Terms of Use

These terms set the conditions for use of Arlington Residents Directory. By using the site, you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the site or its search tools.

1. Purpose of This Reference

Arlington Residents Directory is an independently operated reference to public rolls, record indexes, and historical directory collections relevant to Arlington County, Virginia. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with any records office, court, library, or public agency.


2. Permitted Use

Use this site and material found through it only for lawful purposes. You may not use it to:

  • Stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or harm a person.
  • Locate someone covered by a restraining or protective order.
  • Commit fraud or identity theft.
  • Make FCRA-regulated credit, employment, tenant, insurance, or other eligibility decisions.
  • Scrape, copy, or republish site content at scale.
  • Disrupt the site's operation or security.

3. Consumer Reporting Notice

Arlington Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. Neither site content nor a result from a linked tool is a consumer report. None may be used to evaluate eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other purpose regulated by the FCRA.


4. Third-Party Resources

Official portals, archives, and sponsored tools linked here are run by separate organizations. Their content, availability, pricing, terms, and privacy practices are theirs, not ours.


5. No Warranty

The site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We make no promise that any page, link, record description, collection detail, or external result is accurate, complete, current, or available.


6. Liability Limits

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages arising from use of the site or a linked resource, including reliance on a record found through one.


7. Your Responsibility

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


8. Site Content

The original text, logo, design, and layout are protected by copyright. Links and short attributed quotations are welcome. Republishing full pages or systematically copying site content is not permitted.


9. Revisions to Terms

We may revise these terms by publishing a new version here. Continued site use after publication of a revision is acceptance of the changed terms.


10. Access Restrictions

We may suspend, block, or limit access without notice when a user violates these terms, misuses the site, or threatens its operation or security.


11. Virginia Law

Virginia law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Arlington County public-record requests are subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Va. Code §§2.2-3700 et seq., including the response procedures in §2.2-3704, while particular court, voter, and vital records have their own access laws.


12. Severability

If a court finds a part of these terms unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.


13. Questions About Terms

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