1. Nature of the Website
Muscatine Residents Directory is an independent reference that describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning Muscatine, Iowa. It does not host government records and is not connected with an agency, court, 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
Outside government portals, sponsored tools, and other services set their own terms and privacy practices. Their content, availability, prices, and handling of data are not under our control.
5. No Promises or Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. No promise is made that content will remain accurate, complete, or current, or that an outside portal will stay available or return a correct result.
6. Liability Is Limited
To the fullest extent allowed by law, we are not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages tied to use of this service or an outside resource, including reliance on a located 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. Revisions to the Terms
A revised version may be posted here from time to time. Continuing to use the service after publication signals acceptance of the updated terms.
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. Iowa Governing Law
Iowa law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Official records discussed here may be subject to the Iowa Open Records Law, Iowa Code chapter 22, while access remains controlled by each custodian and applicable exceptions.
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.