1. Nature of the Website
Johnston Residents Directory is an independent reference to public rolls, indexes, and archival collections concerning Johnston, Iowa. It is not a government record host and has no connection with an office, court, library, or custodian.
2. Acceptable Use
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. ยง 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. Links to Outside Sites
Outside government portals, sponsored tools, and other services set their own terms and privacy practices. Their content, uptime, prices, and handling of submitted data remain outside our control.
5. Warranty Disclaimer
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. Accuracy, completeness, currentness, uninterrupted access, and the correctness of results from an external portal are not guaranteed.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special loss tied to this website, an external resource, or reliance on a record found through either.
7. Indemnification
You agree to protect and hold the operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable legal fees, caused by misuse of the website or a breach 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
A new version may be posted here from time to time. Continuing to use the service after that posting accepts the revised terms.
10. Cutting Off Access
Access may be limited or blocked, without notice, when a user abuses the service or breaks these terms.
11. Iowa Governing Law
Iowa law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Iowa public-record access is generally controlled by the Iowa Open Records Law, Iowa Code Chapter 22, but that statute does not turn this private site into a records custodian.
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.