1. The Nature of This Reference
Monterey County Residents Directory is privately operated reference material. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections concerning people who live or once lived in Monterey County, California. Government records are not hosted here, and there is no affiliation with an office, court, or custodian.
2. Acceptable Use
Use the pages only for lawful purposes. Neither the pages nor information reached through them may be used 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. No Consumer Reporting Function
This reference is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1681 and following. Nothing on these pages or returned by a linked search tool is a consumer report. It may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose covered by the FCRA.
4. External Links and Tools
Government portals and third-party services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and privacy policies. Monterey County Residents Directory does not control their content, availability, fees, or data practices.
5. Disclaimers of Warranty
The pages are provided as is and as available, without warranties of any kind. Accuracy, completeness, currency, continued portal operation, and correct results from linked services are not guaranteed.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of these pages or a linked resource, including a decision based on a record found through them.
7. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the operators from a claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees, that arises from misuse of the pages or a violation of these terms.
8. Content Ownership
Original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to a page and quoting a short attributed excerpt is welcome. Republishing full pages or copying content systematically is not.
9. Revisions
A new version may be posted here at any time. Continued access after a revision signals acceptance of the revised terms.
10. Access Restrictions
Access may be blocked or limited for a user who violates these terms or abuses the reference, at the operators' discretion and without advance notice.
11. California Law
These terms are governed by California law without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record references use the California Public Records Act, Government Code section 7920.000 and following, where that statute applies to a custodian's records request.
12. Severability
If a provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms can be sent through the Contact page.