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Terms of Use

These terms apply when you use Goshen Residents Directory. By continuing, you agree to them. If you disagree, do not use the site.

1. What This Website Is

Goshen Residents Directory is a privately operated reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical directory collections connected with Goshen, Indiana. It hosts no government records and is not affiliated with an office, court, library, or records custodian.


2. Rules for Using This Site

Use the site only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or anything found 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. 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 Websites

Each government portal, sponsored tool, and other third-party service applies its own policies and terms. Their content, prices, uptime, and handling of data are outside our control.


5. Warranty Disclaimer

The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. No promise is made that its contents are complete, accurate, or current, or that an outside portal will remain available or produce 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. Revisions to These Terms

A revised version may be posted on this page. Using the site afterward means the revised terms apply.


10. Restricting Access

Access may be limited or blocked, without notice, when a user abuses the site or breaks these terms.


11. Governing Law

These terms are governed by Indiana law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Government-record access described on the site is subject to the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, Indiana Code 5-14-3, and other record-specific rules.


12. Severability

If one provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue to apply.


13. Questions

Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.