1. Nature of This Website
Rockford Residents Directory is an independently operated guide to public rolls, indexes, and historical directory collections for Rockford, Illinois. Government records are not hosted here, and the site has no connection 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. External Services and Links
Separate terms and privacy policies govern government portals, sponsored search tools, and other third-party services. Their content, uptime, prices, and handling of submitted data remain outside our control.
5. No Warranties
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We cannot promise that its contents are complete, accurate, or current, or that an outside portal will remain available or return a correct result.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the site's operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages connected with this site, an external resource, or reliance on a 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. Changes to These Terms
A revised version posted here replaces the prior terms. Continuing to use the site after publication signifies acceptance of that revision.
10. Cutting Off Access
Access may be restricted or blocked, without notice, when a user abuses the site or violates these terms.
11. Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms without applying conflict-of-law principles. Public records described on the site are subject, where applicable, to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq., along with record-specific restrictions.
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.