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Terms of Use

These terms apply when you use Asheville Residents Directory. By using it, you accept these terms. Do not use the site if you do not agree.

1. Nature of the Site

Asheville Residents Directory is a privately run reference. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections concerning Asheville, North Carolina. It does not host government records and has no affiliation with an office, court, library, or record custodian.


2. Acceptable Use

Use the site only for lawful purposes. Neither the site nor material 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, including credit, employment, tenant, or insurance decisions
  • Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
  • Interfere with the site's operation or security

3. Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

Asheville Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Material on this site, or returned by a linked search tool, is not a consumer report and may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.


4. External Resources

Government portals and third-party services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and policies. We do not control or guarantee their content, availability, pricing, or data practices.


5. No Warranties

The site is supplied "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that content is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will function or return correct results.


6. Limits of Liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, the site operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of the site or a linked resource, including decisions based on records reached through it.


7. Indemnification

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


8. Intellectual Property

The site’s original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Links and brief attributed quotations are permitted; republishing entire pages or systematically copying the content is not.


9. Updates to These Terms

We may post an updated version of these terms here. Continued use after a revision indicates acceptance.


10. Access Restrictions

We may block or restrict access, without notice and at our discretion, when a visitor violates these terms or abuses the service.


11. Governing Law

North Carolina law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Record access referenced by this site is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 132, including §§ 132-1, 132-6, and 132-6.2, as well as record-specific confidentiality laws.


12. Severability

If a provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.


13. Questions

Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.