1. Nature of the Service
Elkins Residents Directory is a private reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning Elkins, West Virginia. It hosts no government records and is not connected 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. § 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. External Services
Government portals, sponsored tools, and other third parties set their own terms and privacy rules. Their content, uptime, prices, results, and data handling remain outside our control.
5. Warranty Disclaimer
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not guarantee that content is accurate, complete, or current, or that an external portal will remain 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. Revisions
A new version may be posted here when these terms change. Continued use after posting indicates 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. Governing Law
West Virginia law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Public-record access discussed in the reference is governed in part by the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act, W. Va. Code chapter 29B, including §29B-1-3.
12. Severability
If any part of these terms proves unenforceable, the rest stays in force.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.