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Terms of Use

These terms govern use of Marquette Residents Directory. By using the reference, you agree to these terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the service.

1. Nature of This Reference

Marquette Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and directory collections associated with Marquette, Michigan. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with any office, court, library, or records custodian.


2. Acceptable Use Rules

Use the reference and any material found through it only for lawful purposes. You may not use it to:

  • Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm a person
  • Locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order
  • Commit identity theft, fraud, or deception
  • Make an FCRA-regulated decision, including a credit, employment, tenant-screening, or insurance decision
  • Scrape, copy, or republish content at scale
  • Interfere with site operation or security

3. Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

This reference is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither material here nor a result from a linked tool is a consumer report, and neither may be used to judge eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.


4. Outside Services

Government portals, historical collections, and third-party services have their own terms and privacy practices. We do not control their availability, content, pricing, records, or data handling.


5. No Warranties

The reference is provided as is and as available, without warranties. We do not promise that a local record, link, coverage date, or result is accurate, complete, current, or available.


6. Liability Limits

To the extent the law permits, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or other damages arising from use of this reference or a linked resource, including a decision made from a record.


7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the operators from a claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from misuse of the reference or a breach of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

The original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to a page and quoting a brief attributed excerpt is permitted. Republishing full pages or systematically copying content is not.


9. Changes to Terms

We may revise these terms by posting a new version here. Continuing to use the reference after a revision means that you accept the revision.


10. Restricting Access

We may restrict or block access, without notice, when a user violates these terms or abuses the service.


11. Michigan Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Public-record access questions may involve the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231 et seq., and the specific records statute or custodian rule that applies.


12. Severability

If any provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective.


13. Questions

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