1. Nature of This Website
Alton Residents Directory is an independently operated reference. It describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and directory collections about current or former Alton, Illinois residents. The site does not host government records and is not affiliated with any agency, court, office, or 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. External Services
Government portals, sponsored search providers, and other outside services operate under separate terms and privacy policies. Their content, uptime, charges, and handling of data are not our responsibility.
5. Warranty Disclaimer
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We make no promise that content is complete, accurate, or current, or that a linked portal will remain available or provide correct results.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, we have no liability for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages resulting from this site or a linked resource, including reliance on records located through them.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the site's operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, caused by misuse of the site or breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
Copyright protects the site's original text, design, logo, and layout. You may link to pages or quote short attributed excerpts, but may not republish full pages or copy the content systematically.
9. Changes to These Terms
A revised version of these terms may be posted here. Continued use after posting constitutes acceptance of the revision.
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
Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public records linked from the site may be subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, including the exemptions in Section 7.
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.