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Terms of Use

These terms apply when you use St. Paul Residents Directory. By using the service, you accept them. Do not use the service if you do not agree with these conditions.

1. Our Reference Service

St. Paul Residents Directory is a privately operated reference. It describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections relating to St. Paul, Minnesota. It does not host government records and has no affiliation with an office, court, or custodian.


2. Permitted Use

Use the service only for lawful purposes. You may not use the service or a linked result to:

  • Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm another person.
  • Locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order.
  • Commit fraud or identity theft.
  • Make a decision regulated by the FCRA, including credit, employment, housing, tenant, or insurance decisions.
  • Scrape, copy, or republish the service at scale.
  • Interfere with the service's security or operation.

3. Consumer Reporting Notice

St. Paul Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1681 and following. Information here and information returned by a linked tool are not consumer reports and may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.


4. Outside Services

Government portals, archives, and sponsored tools linked from this service set their own terms, policies, prices, and access rules. We do not control their content, availability, or data practices.


5. No Warranty

The service is provided as is and as available. We make no warranty that a page, fact, link, portal, or search result is complete, accurate, current, or continuously available.


6. Liability Limits

To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential loss arising from use of the service or an outside resource, including a decision based on a record.


7. Indemnity

You agree to defend and hold the operators harmless from claims, damages, or reasonable attorney fees caused by your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.


8. Site Materials

Original writing, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to a page and quoting a short attributed excerpt is permitted. Republishing complete pages or systematically copying the content is not.


9. Term Changes

We may revise these terms by publishing an updated version. Continued use after publication means that you accept the changed terms.


10. Restricted Access

We may suspend or limit access for conduct that violates these terms, threatens security, or abuses the service. Notice is not required where immediate action is appropriate.


11. Minnesota Law

These terms are governed by Minnesota law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Public data held by a Minnesota government entity is governed by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes chapter 13, including section 13.03. That statute does not make private, confidential, or protected data available through this private reference.


12. Severability

If a court finds one provision unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the greatest extent permitted by law.


13. Questions

Questions about these terms may be sent through Contact.