1. Nature of This Website
Decatur Residents Directory is a privately run reference. It describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections relating to Decatur, Alabama. No government record is hosted here, and the site is not affiliated with the City of Decatur, Morgan County, Limestone County, Alabama, a court, or any custodian.
2. Acceptable Site Use
Use is limited to lawful purposes. Neither the site nor material found 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. No Consumer Reports
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Content here and results from a linked search service are not consumer reports. They may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.
4. External Services and Links
Government portals, archives, and outside services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms. Their content, uptime, charges, and data practices are outside our control.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not guarantee that content is accurate, complete, or current, nor that a linked portal will remain available or return a correct match.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site's operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from this site, a linked resource, or reliance on a record found through either.
7. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold the operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, caused by your site misuse or breach of these terms.
8. Copyright and Site Content
Copyright protects the site's original writing, design, logo, and layout. You may link to a page or quote a short excerpt with credit. Full-page republication and systematic copying are prohibited.
9. Term Revisions
A revised version may be posted here. Using the site after that posting means you accept the new terms.
10. Restricting Access
We may restrict or block a person who breaks these terms or abuses the site, without prior notice and at our discretion.
11. Alabama Governing Law
Alabama law governs these terms without applying conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access referenced in Decatur content is subject to the Alabama Open Records Law, Ala. Code §§ 36-12-40 through 36-12-46, along with record-specific exemptions and procedures.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, every remaining provision continues in effect.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.