1. What This Website Is
Granite City Residents Directory is a private reference that describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning Granite City, Illinois. It does not host government records and is not connected with Granite City, Madison County, an Illinois agency, a court, or any records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use
Use the service and any information reached through it only for lawful purposes. You must not:
- 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
The service is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither its content nor results from a linked tool are consumer reports. They may not be used for any FCRA-regulated eligibility decision, including credit, employment, housing, or insurance.
4. Links to Outside Sites
Madison County and Illinois portals, along with third-party and sponsored search services, operate under their own terms. We do not control their content, uptime, prices, or handling of data.
5. No Warranties
The service is offered “as is” and “as available,” without warranties. We do not promise that content is complete, accurate, or current, or that a linked portal will remain available or provide a correct result.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent the law allows, we are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of this site or any linked resource, including decisions made from records found through it.
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
We may update these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after a change means acceptance.
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 agency access remains subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, while covered breach-notice duties arise under the Illinois Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530.
12. Severability
If any part of these terms proves unenforceable, the rest stays in force.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.