1. Nature of This Website
Plainfield Residents Directory is a private reference to official rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning Plainfield, Illinois. It does not host government files and is not affiliated with the Village, either county, a court, or a records custodian.
2. Permitted Use
All use must be lawful. Neither the site 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. No Consumer Reports
Plainfield Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Site content and linked search results are not consumer reports and cannot support credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered eligibility decision.
4. External Services
Separate terms and privacy policies govern government portals, sponsored results, and other outside services. Their content, uptime, prices, and data handling are outside our control.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. Accuracy, completeness, currency, portal availability, and the correctness of outside results are not guaranteed.
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. Revisions
A revised version may be posted here. Continued use after publication signals acceptance of the changed terms.
10. Restricting Access
Access may be blocked without notice when a user abuses the service or violates these terms.
11. Illinois Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Access to public agency records is separately controlled by the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, along with record-specific confidentiality and court-access rules.
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.