1. Nature of This Service
Manhattan Residents Directory is a private reference service. It explains and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections concerning Manhattan, New York. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with any office, court, or records custodian.
2. Permitted Use
Use this service only for lawful purposes. Neither it nor information reached through it 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. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Manhattan Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither its information nor results from a linked search tool are consumer reports, and they may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Links to Outside Sites
Government portals and third-party services, including sponsored search tools, set their own terms and policies. We are not responsible for their content, availability, prices, or information practices.
5. No Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that any site detail is accurate, complete, current, available, or capable of returning a correct result.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages connected to use of this service or a linked resource, including decisions made from records reached through it.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the site 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 site’s original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to a page and quoting a brief attributed excerpt is welcome; full-page republication or systematic copying is not permitted.
9. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Continued use after a revision constitutes acceptance.
10. Cutting Off Access
We may restrict or block access, without notice and at our discretion, when a user violates these terms or misuses the service.
11. Governing Law
New York law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-records requests to executive agencies are governed by New York’s Freedom of Information Law, Public Officers Law Article 6, §§84–90; court-file access is instead governed by Judiciary Law §255 and court rules.
12. Severability
If one provision is found unenforceable, all remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.