1. Nature of the Website
McHenry County Residents Directory is an independent reference to public rolls, record indexes, and historical collections in McHenry County, Illinois. It does not host government records and is not connected with a government office, court, library, 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. Links to Outside Sites
Separate terms and privacy policies govern government portals, sponsored search tools, and other outside services. Their content, uptime, prices, and handling of data are outside our control.
5. No Warranties
The website is offered "as is" and when available, without any warranty. Information may be incomplete, old, or wrong, and an external portal may fail or return an inaccurate result.
6. Limits on Our Liability
As far as applicable law permits, the operators have no liability for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special harm tied to this website, its links, or decisions based on located records.
7. Indemnification
If your misuse or breach of these terms leads to a claim, you agree to indemnify and hold the operators harmless, including for reasonable attorneys' fees.
8. Intellectual Property
Copyright protects the original writing, layout, design, and logo. You may link to a page or quote a short attributed excerpt, but may not republish complete pages or copy the material systematically.
9. Changes to These Terms
A revised version may be posted here. Continuing to use the website after publication signals acceptance of the revised 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. Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access described in the site is subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, and to the separate statutes that keep some records confidential.
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.