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Terms of Use

These terms apply whenever you use Brown County Residents Directory. By continuing, you agree to them. If you disagree, do not use the service.

1. Nature of This Service

Brown County Residents Directory is an independent reference that describes public rolls, indexes, and historical collections for Brown County, Wisconsin. It hosts no government records and is not connected with an office, court, library, or 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. § 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. Outside Services

Government portals, sponsored search providers, and other linked services set their own terms and privacy rules. Their content, uptime, prices, and data practices are outside our control.


5. Disclaimer of Warranties

The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We cannot promise that content is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will remain available or return a correct match.


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. Changes to These Terms

We may update these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after a change means acceptance.


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. Wisconsin Governing Law

Wisconsin law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Official public-record access is separately governed by Wisconsin Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31-19.39.


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.