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Terms of Use

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

1. What This Website Is

Sarasota Residents Directory is an independently operated reference to public rolls, official indexes, and historical collections concerning Sarasota, Florida. It hosts no government database and is not affiliated with an agency, 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 Links and Services

Separate terms and privacy rules apply to government portals, sponsored tools, and other services reached by a link. Their content, availability, fees, and handling of data are outside our control.


5. Service Without Warranties

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 allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damage tied to use of the service, linked resources, or decisions based on a located record.


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. Using the service after publication of a change signifies acceptance of the updated terms.


10. Restricting Access

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


11. Governing Law

Florida law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Government records linked here are separately governed by article I, section 24 of the Florida Constitution and chapter 119, Florida Statutes.


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.