1. Nature of This Website
McHenry Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections relevant to McHenry, Illinois. It hosts no government files and is not affiliated with a public office, court, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
Use McHenry Residents Directory and all linked information lawfully. Prohibited conduct includes:
- 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. No Consumer Reports
McHenry Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Its content and linked search results are not consumer reports and cannot be used for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated decision.
4. External Services
Official portals, sponsored tools, and other third-party services apply their own policies and terms. Their content, uptime, prices, and handling of data are outside our control.
5. Warranty Disclaimer
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not promise that content is accurate, complete, or current, or that an outside portal will remain available or return a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages tied to use of the site, linked resources, or decisions based on retrieved records.
7. Your Responsibility
You agree to indemnify and hold the operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, caused by your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.
8. Site Content Rights
Copyright protects the original writing, design, logo, and layout. You may link to pages or quote short attributed passages, but may not republish whole pages or copy the content systematically.
9. Term Revisions
A revised version may be posted here. Continued use after publication of a change signals acceptance.
10. Restricting Access
We may restrict or block access without notice when a user abuses the service or violates these terms.
11. Illinois Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access described here includes the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, while specialized statutes may control particular records.
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.