1. Nature of the Service
Batavia Residents Directory is a privately operated reference that describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections concerning Batavia, Illinois. No government records are hosted here, and the service is not affiliated with an office, court, library, 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 third parties set their own terms and policies. Their content, uptime, prices, and data practices are outside our control.
5. No Warranty
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. Information may be incomplete, dated, or wrong, and no linked portal is promised to operate or return an accurate 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. Term Changes
A revised version may be posted here when these terms change. Continued use after publication signals acceptance of that 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. Illinois Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access described in the reference material is subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, along with record-specific restrictions.
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.