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Terms of Use

These terms apply when you use Berks County Residents Directory. If you do not accept them, do not use the service.

1. Nature of the Service

Berks County Residents Directory is a privately operated reference. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections relevant to Berks County, Pennsylvania. It does not host government records and has no affiliation with a government office, court, or custodian.


2. Lawful Use Rules

Use this service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or information reached 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. No Consumer Reporting Role

This service is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Nothing here or returned by a linked search tool is a consumer report, and it may not be used to determine eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.


4. Third-Party Resources

Government portals and third-party services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and policies. Their content, availability, pricing, and data practices are outside our control.


5. No Warranty

The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. Nothing guarantees that a page is accurate, complete, current, or that a linked portal will function or return correct results.


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 this service or a linked resource, including decisions based on records reached through it.


7. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold the operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from misuse of the service or a breach of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

The original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to pages and quoting short attributed excerpts is permitted; republishing full pages or systematically copying content is not.


9. Changes to Terms

These terms may be revised by posting an updated version here. Continued use after a revision means acceptance.


10. Restricting Access

Access may be blocked or restricted, without notice, for a user who violates these terms or abuses the service.


11. Pennsylvania Law

Pennsylvania law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public agency records discussed here are subject to the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law, Act 3 of 2008, 65 P.S. §§ 67.101–67.3104, as well as source-specific confidentiality laws.


12. Severability

If a part of these terms is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.


13. Questions

Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.