1. Nature of the Service
Belmont Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public records, indexes, and historical collections relevant to Belmont, Massachusetts. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with a government office, court, library, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use
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 any decision regulated by the FCRA, including credit, work, insurance, or screening decisions
- Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
- Interfere with the site's operation or security
3. No Consumer Reporting Service
Belmont Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither this service nor a result from a linked tool is a consumer report. Do not use any material here for a decision the FCRA regulates.
4. External Resources
Government portals and other third-party services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and privacy policies. We do not control their content, availability, pricing, or data practices.
5. No Warranties
The service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that content is accurate, complete, current, or that an external portal will be available or 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. Changes to These Terms
We may update these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after a change means acceptance.
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. Massachusetts Law
Massachusetts law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access questions are governed by the Massachusetts Public Records Law, including M.G.L. c.66 §10, and record-specific rules may also apply.
12. Severability
If any part of these terms proves unenforceable, the rest stays in force.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.