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Terms of Use

These terms apply whenever you use Durham People Search. Your use signals agreement. If you do not accept the terms, stop using the service.

1. Nature of the Service

Durham People Search is a private reference. It describes and links to records, court indexes, directories, and lookup tools relevant to Durham, North Carolina. We do not host government records and have no affiliation with a government agency, court, or custodian.


2. Acceptable Use

You must use the service and any information reached through it lawfully. You may not:

  • Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm any person
  • Locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order
  • Commit identity theft or fraud
  • Make FCRA-regulated decisions (credit, employment, tenant, insurance)
  • Scrape, reproduce, or republish our content at scale
  • Disrupt the service, its security, or its infrastructure

3. No Consumer Reports

Durham People Search is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Neither our content nor results from a linked search tool are consumer reports. They cannot be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.


4. External Services

Links may lead to government portals, sponsored search tools, or other third-party services. Their own terms and policies control. We do not accept responsibility for their content, uptime, price, or treatment of submitted data.


5. Disclaimer of Warranties

The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without express or implied warranties. We do not guarantee that content is complete, accurate, or current, or that an outside portal will remain available or return a correct match.


6. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent the law permits, we are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages tied to use of the service or a linked resource, including reliance on a record or search result.


7. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold the service operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, caused by your misuse or breach of these terms.


8. Our Intellectual Property

Copyright protects our original text, design, logo, and layout. You may link to a page or quote a short excerpt with attribution. Republishing full pages or systematically copying the content is prohibited.


9. Updates to These Terms

We may revise these terms by posting a replacement here. Continued use after publication constitutes acceptance of the revision.


10. Restricting Access

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


11. Governing Law

North Carolina law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Government records linked from the service remain subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law, N.C.G.S. Chapter 132, and any more specific confidentiality statute.


12. Severability

If one provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue in effect.


13. Terms Questions

Questions about these terms may be directed through the Contact page.