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Terms of Use

These terms set the conditions for using Luzerne Residents Directory. By using the service, you accept them. Do not use the service if you do not agree.

1. Nature of the Service

Luzerne Residents Directory is a private reference service. It points to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections relevant to Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It does not host government records and has no connection to a public office, court, library, or custodian.


2. Acceptable Use Rules

Use the service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or information reached 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. Consumer Reporting Status

This service is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither its material nor a linked tool's result is a consumer report. It may not be used for a credit, employment, housing, insurance, or other FCRA-regulated decision.


4. External Resources

Government portals and third-party services, including sponsored tools, set their own terms and privacy rules. We do not control their content, availability, prices, or information practices.


5. No Warranties

The site is provided "as is" and "as available," with no warranties of any kind. We do not warrant that anything on the site is accurate, complete, or current, or that any linked portal will work or return correct results.


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 Terms

We may revise these terms by publishing an updated version here. Continued use after publication accepts 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. Governing Law

Pennsylvania law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access is also subject to the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law, Act 3 of 2008, 65 P.S. §§ 67.101-67.3104, and the separate confidentiality statutes and court policies that apply to particular records.


12. Severability

If any part of these terms proves unenforceable, the rest stays in force.


13. Questions About Terms

Use the Contact page for questions about these terms.