1. Nature of the Reference
Contra Costa Residents Directory is a private reference service. It describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning people who live or have lived in Contra Costa County, California. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with a county or city office, court, library, or other custodian.
2. Permitted and Prohibited Use
Use these pages only for lawful, personal, and responsible purposes. You may not use the service or information reached through it to:
- Stalk, threaten, intimidate, harass, or harm another person
- Find a person whose address is protected by an order or confidentiality program
- Carry out identity theft, fraud, impersonation, or another crime
- Make a decision regulated by the FCRA, including credit, employment, tenant, or insurance decisions
- Scrape, reproduce, or republish site content at scale
- Disrupt the service or test its security without permission
3. No Consumer Reporting Service
This service is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither these pages nor results returned by a linked search tool are consumer reports, and neither may be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. External Links
County portals, California agencies, libraries, archives, and sponsored search providers set their own terms and privacy practices. Contra Costa Residents Directory is not responsible for an outside service's content, availability, fees, or handling of information.
5. No Warranties
The pages are supplied "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. No promise is made that a statement is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will remain available or return a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or similar damages arising from use of these pages or an outside resource, including a decision based on information found through them.
7. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that result from your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
Copyright protects the original writing, design, logo, and layout of these pages. Links and short attributed quotations are welcome; full-page republication and systematic copying are not.
9. Revisions
A revised version may be posted on this page. Continuing to use the service after the revision is posted means you accept the changed terms.
10. Access Restrictions
Access may be blocked or limited for a user who violates these terms or abuses the service, at the operators' discretion and without advance notice.
11. Governing Law
California law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access referenced in the pages is governed by the California Public Records Act, Government Code §§7920.000-7931.000, and by the separate rules of the custodian holding a record.
12. Severability
If a court finds one provision unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.