1. Nature of This Website
South Bend Residents Directory is a private reference that describes public rolls, indexes, and historical collections for South Bend, Indiana. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with a city, county, state, court, library, or custodian.
2. Rules for Lawful Use
Use this resource only for lawful purposes. Neither the website 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. 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. ยง 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. Outside Services
Government portals, libraries, and outside services, including sponsored tools, apply their own terms. Their availability, prices, content, and data practices are outside our control.
5. No Warranties
The website is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not guarantee that its content is complete, correct, or current, or that an outside portal will remain available or return an accurate 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. 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. Revisions to These Terms
A revised version may be posted here. Continued use after publication 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. Indiana Governing Law
Indiana law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. References to government access concern the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, IC 5-14-3 et seq., but that statute does not govern records held by this private website.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, every remaining provision continues in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.