1. Purpose of the Website
Oak Harbor Residents Directory is privately operated as a reference to public indexes, rolls, and historical collections related to Oak Harbor, Washington. Official files are not hosted here, and the site has no affiliation with the city, Island County, any court, or any records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
You must use the site lawfully. Neither the site nor information 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 (credit, employment, tenant, insurance)
- Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
- Interfere with the site's operation or security
3. Consumer Report Prohibition
Oak Harbor Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Content here and results from linked search tools are not consumer reports. They must not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose regulated by the FCRA.
4. External Services and Links
Outside services, government portals, and sponsored search providers apply their own policies and terms. Their content, uptime, charges, and handling of data are outside our responsibility.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We make no promise that site content is complete, accurate, or current, or that an external portal will remain available or produce correct results.
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. Copyright and Site Content
Copyright protects the site's original writing, design, logo, and layout. You may link to a page or quote a short passage with attribution, but you may not reproduce whole pages or copy the content systematically.
9. Revisions to the Terms
A revised version may be posted here from time to time. Continuing to use the site after posting signifies acceptance.
10. Restricting Site Access
At our discretion, access may be limited or blocked without notice when a user abuses the service or breaches these terms.
11. Governing Law
Washington law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Government record access follows the Washington Public Records Act, chapter 42.56 RCW, including the response framework in RCW 42.56.520.
12. Severability of Terms
If one provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.